#42D1AD#42D1AD

#42D1AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.132 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D1AD
RGBrgb(66, 209, 173)
HSLhsl(165, 61%, 54%)
HSVhsv(165, 68%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 17.2%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(75.93, -46.30, 6.90)
CIE-LCHlch(75.93, 46.81, 171.52°)
OKLaboklab(77.6% -0.1304 0.0175)
OKLCHoklch(77.6% 0.132 172.3)
XYZxyz(32.5862, 49.7726, 47.4168)
Luminance0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D1AD #D14266
analogous
#42D166 #42D1AD #42AED1
triadic
#42D1AD #AD42D1 #D1AD42
tetradic
#42D1AD #6642D1 #D14266 #AED142
square
#42D1AD #6642D1 #D14266 #AED142
split-complementary
#42D1AD #D142AE #D16642
monochromatic
#1E7B63 #2AAC8B #42D1AD #73DDC2 #A4E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#42D1AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96
#42D1AD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1AD
10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D1AD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D1AD1.001.9210.9610.96
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9621.001.001.00
##00000010.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC4AB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B5B0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d1ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.132 172.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0c5',
    500: '#42d1ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d1ad;
$custom-light: #88e0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d1ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.895,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77596,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D1AD
secondary
#D699A8
accent
#446CE4
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1512
muted
#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1AD

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#42D1AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva