#42D2BE#42D2BE

#42D2BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D2BE
RGBrgb(66, 210, 190)
HSLhsl(172, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(172, 69%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(68.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(76.66, -42.43, -1.17)
CIE-LCHlch(76.66, 42.45, 181.58°)
OKLaboklab(78.33% -0.1237 -0.0038)
OKLCHoklch(78.33% 0.124 181.8)
XYZxyz(34.5832, 50.9652, 56.7199)
Luminance0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D2BE #D24256
analogous
#42D276 #42D2BE #429ED2
triadic
#42D2BE #BE42D2 #D2BE42
tetradic
#42D2BE #7642D2 #D24256 #9ED242
square
#42D2BE #7642D2 #D24256 #9ED242
split-complementary
#42D2BE #D2429E #D27642
monochromatic
#1E7C6F #29AD9B #42D2BE #73DECF #A5EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#42D2BE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19
#42D2BE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2BE
11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D2BE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D2BE1.001.8811.1911.19
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1921.001.001.00
##00000011.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9C6BD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B4B7C0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 181.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d1',
    500: '#42d2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d2be;
$custom-light: #89e0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78332,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D2BE
secondary
#84343F
accent
#435AE5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#42D2BE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva