#42D1AE#42D1AE

#42D1AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.131 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D1AE
RGBrgb(66, 209, 174)
HSLhsl(165, 61%, 54%)
HSVhsv(165, 68%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.4%, 0%, 16.7%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(75.95, -46.06, 6.40)
CIE-LCHlch(75.95, 46.50, 172.09°)
OKLaboklab(77.62% -0.1299 0.0162)
OKLCHoklch(77.62% 0.131 172.9)
XYZxyz(32.6834, 49.8115, 47.9283)
Luminance0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D1AE #D14265
analogous
#42D167 #42D1AE #42ACD1
triadic
#42D1AE #AE42D1 #D1AE42
tetradic
#42D1AE #6742D1 #D14265 #ACD142
square
#42D1AE #6742D1 #D14265 #ACD142
split-complementary
#42D1AE #D142AC #D16742
monochromatic
#1E7B64 #2AAC8C #42D1AE #73DDC3 #A4E9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#42D1AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96
#42D1AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1AE
10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D1AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D1AE1.001.9210.9610.96
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9621.001.001.00
##00000010.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CAC4AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B5B0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3C7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d1ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.131 172.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0c6',
    500: '#42d1ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d1ae;
$custom-light: #88e0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d1ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.315,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D1AE
secondary
#D699A8
accent
#446BE4
background
#F9FDFC
surface
#F1FBF8
border
#CBD4D1
text
#0D1513
muted
#7E8382

Preview Lab

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#42D1AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva