#42C8AD#42C8AD

#42C8AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.121 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C8AD
RGBrgb(66, 200, 173)
HSLhsl(168, 55%, 52%)
HSVhsv(168, 67%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 0%, 13.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.21, -42.42, 2.98)
CIE-LCHlch(73.21, 42.53, 175.99°)
OKLaboklab(75.37% -0.1213 0.0072)
OKLCHoklch(75.37% 0.122 176.6)
XYZxyz(30.4402, 45.4805, 46.7014)
Luminance0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C8AD #C8425D
analogous
#42C86A #42C8AD #42A0C8
triadic
#42C8AD #AD42C8 #C8AD42
tetradic
#42C8AD #6A42C8 #C8425D #A0C842
square
#42C8AD #6A42C8 #C8425D #A0C842
split-complementary
#42C8AD #C842A0 #C86A42
monochromatic
#206F5F #2E9F88 #42C8AD #71D6C2 #A1E4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08
#42C8AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10
#42C8AD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8AD
10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C8AD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C8AD1.002.0810.1010.10
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1021.001.001.00
##00000010.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1BCAC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEAEAF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CBC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.121 176.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d9c5',
    500: '#42c8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c8ad;
$custom-light: #87d9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.91,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75373,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C8AD
secondary
#D096A1
accent
#4A68DE
background
#F8FDFC
surface
#F0FAF8
border
#CBD3D1
text
#0D1512
muted
#7D8381

Preview Lab

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#42C8AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva