#42D3C5#42D3C5

#42D3C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D3C5
RGBrgb(66, 211, 197)
HSLhsl(174, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(174, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.15, -41.02, -4.21)
CIE-LCHlch(77.15, 41.24, 185.87°)
OKLaboklab(78.79% -0.1215 -0.012)
OKLCHoklch(78.79% 0.122 185.7)
XYZxyz(35.6143, 51.7739, 60.9289)
Luminance0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D3C5 #D34250
analogous
#42D37D #42D3C5 #4299D3
triadic
#42D3C5 #C542D3 #D3C542
tetradic
#42D3C5 #7D42D3 #D34250 #99D342
square
#42D3C5 #7D42D3 #D34250 #99D342
split-complementary
#42D3C5 #D34299 #D37D42
monochromatic
#1D7D74 #29AFA2 #42D3C5 #74DFD4 #A5EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D3C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36
#42D3C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3C5
11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D3C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D3C51.001.8511.3611.36
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3621.001.001.00
##00000011.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8C7C5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3B8C7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 185.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae1d6',
    500: '#42d3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d3c5;
$custom-light: #8ae1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78792,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D3C5
secondary
#85343C
accent
#4252E5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3C5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#42D3C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva