#42CDBE#42CDBE

#42CDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.119 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDBE
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(174, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -40.21, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 40.35, 184.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.1186 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.119 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3680, 48.5348, 56.3148)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDBE #CD4251

analogous

#42CD78 #42CDBE #4296CD

triadic

#42CDBE #BE42CD #CDBE42

tetradic

#42CDBE #7842CD #CD4251 #96CD42

square

#42CDBE #7842CD #CD4251 #96CD42

split-complementary

#42CDBE #CD4296 #CD7842

monochromatic

#1F766C #2CA699 #42CDBE #72DACF #A3E7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42CDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDBE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDBE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.119 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd1',
    500: '#42cdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdbe;
$custom-light: #89ddd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.525,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77113,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDBE

secondary

#D3979E

accent

#4657E1

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDBE

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

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