#42D2BD#42D2BD

#42D2BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D2BD
RGBrgb(66, 210, 189)
HSLhsl(171, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(171, 69%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 0%, 10%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.63, -42.69, -0.67)
CIE-LCHlch(76.63, 42.70, 180.90°)
OKLaboklab(78.3% -0.1241 -0.0025)
OKLCHoklch(78.3% 0.124 181.2)
XYZxyz(34.4743, 50.9216, 56.1462)
Luminance0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D2BD #D24257
analogous
#42D275 #42D2BD #429FD2
triadic
#42D2BD #BD42D2 #D2BD42
tetradic
#42D2BD #7542D2 #D24257 #9FD242
square
#42D2BD #7542D2 #D24257 #9FD242
split-complementary
#42D2BD #D2429F #D27542
monochromatic
#1E7C6E #29AD9A #42D2BD #73DECE #A5EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#42D2BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19
#42D2BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2BD
11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D2BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D2BD1.001.8811.1911.19
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1921.001.001.00
##00000011.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9C6BC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4B7BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 181.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d0',
    500: '#42d2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d2bd;
$custom-light: #89e0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78302,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D2BD
secondary
#843440
accent
#435BE5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#42D2BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva