#42CD9D#42CD9D

#42CD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD9D
RGBrgb(66, 205, 157)
HSLhsl(159, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(159, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 23.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(74.35, -48.40, 13.23)
CIE-LCHlch(74.35, 50.18, 164.71°)
OKLaboklab(76.18% -0.1338 0.0338)
OKLCHoklch(76.18% 0.138 165.8)
XYZxyz(30.1606, 47.2519, 39.4227)
Luminance0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD9D #CD4272
analogous
#42CD58 #42CD9D #42B7CD
triadic
#42CD9D #9D42CD #CD9D42
tetradic
#42CD9D #5842CD #CD4272 #B7CD42
square
#42CD9D #5842CD #CD4272 #B7CD42
split-complementary
#42CD9D #CD42B7 #CD5842
monochromatic
#1F7658 #2CA67C #42CD9D #72DAB6 #A3E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#42CD9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45
#42CD9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD9D
10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD9D1.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9BF9A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6B1A0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 165.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddba',
    500: '#42cd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd9d;
$custom-light: #87ddba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.281,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76183,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD9D
secondary
#D397AC
accent
#467CE1
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FBF6
border
#CBD4D0
text
#0D1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD9D

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#42CD9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva