#42D3D1#42D3D1

#42D3D1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D3D1
RGBrgb(66, 211, 209)
HSLhsl(179, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(179, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.49, -37.73, -10.15)
CIE-LCHlch(77.49, 39.08, 195.06°)
OKLaboklab(79.18% -0.1163 -0.0282)
OKLCHoklch(79.18% 0.12 193.7)
XYZxyz(37.0444, 52.3459, 68.4607)
Luminance0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D3D1 #D34244
analogous
#42D388 #42D3D1 #428DD3
triadic
#42D3D1 #D142D3 #D3D142
tetradic
#42D3D1 #8842D3 #D34244 #8DD342
square
#42D3D1 #8842D3 #D34244 #8DD342
split-complementary
#42D3D1 #D3428D #D38842
monochromatic
#1D7D7C #29AFAD #42D3D1 #74DFDD #A5EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#42D3D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47
#42D3D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3D1
11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D3D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D3D11.001.8311.4711.47
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4721.001.001.00
##00000011.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6C9D1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0B9D2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d3d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 193.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1df',
    500: '#42d3d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d3d1;
$custom-light: #8be1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d3d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.172,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79183,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D3D1
secondary
#853435
accent
#4245E5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3D1

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

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#42D3D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva