#42CDBC#42CDBC

#42CDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.120 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDBC
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 8.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -40.74, -2.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 40.81, 183.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.1195 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.12 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1509, 48.4480, 55.1715)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDBC #CD4253

analogous

#42CD76 #42CDBC #4298CD

triadic

#42CDBC #BC42CD #CDBC42

tetradic

#42CDBC #7642CD #CD4253 #98CD42

square

#42CDBC #7642CD #CD4253 #98CD42

split-complementary

#42CDBC #CD4298 #CD7642

monochromatic

#1F766B #2CA697 #42CDBC #72DACD #A3E7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#42CDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDBC

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDBC	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.120 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd0',
    500: '#42cdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdbc;
$custom-light: #89ddd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.662,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77051,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDBC

secondary

#D3979F

accent

#4659E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDBC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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