#42CDC5#42CDC5

#42CDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.117 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDC5
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(177, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -38.32, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 38.93, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.1155 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.117 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.1515, 48.8482, 60.4413)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDC5 #CD424A

analogous

#42CD7F #42CDC5 #428FCD

triadic

#42CDC5 #C542CD #CDC542

tetradic

#42CDC5 #7F42CD #CD424A #8FCD42

square

#42CDC5 #7F42CD #CD424A #8FCD42

split-complementary

#42CDC5 #CD428F #CD7F42

monochromatic

#1F7671 #2CA69F #42CDC5 #72DAD4 #A3E7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42CDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#42CDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDC5

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDC5	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.117 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ddd6',
    500: '#42cdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdc5;
$custom-light: #89ddd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.547,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77338,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDC5

secondary

#D3979B

accent

#464FE1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDC5

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

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