#42D3B7#42D3B7

#42D3B7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.128 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D3B7
RGBrgb(66, 211, 183)
HSLhsl(168, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(168, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 0%, 13.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(76.78, -44.67, 2.76)
CIE-LCHlch(76.78, 44.76, 176.46°)
OKLaboklab(78.37% -0.1278 0.0066)
OKLCHoklch(78.37% 0.128 177)
XYZxyz(34.0841, 51.1618, 52.8695)
Luminance0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D3B7 #D3425E
analogous
#42D36F #42D3B7 #42A7D3
triadic
#42D3B7 #B742D3 #D3B742
tetradic
#42D3B7 #6F42D3 #D3425E #A7D342
square
#42D3B7 #6F42D3 #D3425E #A7D342
split-complementary
#42D3B7 #D342A7 #D36F42
monochromatic
#1D7D6B #29AF95 #42D3B7 #74DFCA #A5EADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#42D3B7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23
#42D3B7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3B7
11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D3B7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D3B71.001.8711.2311.23
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2321.001.001.00
##00000011.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBC6B6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B7B9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d3b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.128 177.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1cc',
    500: '#42d3b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d3b7;
$custom-light: #89e1cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d3b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.414,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78369,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.51166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D3B7
secondary
#853444
accent
#4262E5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFA
border
#CED5D3
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3B7

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#42D3B7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva