#42D3D2#42D3D2

#42D3D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D3D2
RGBrgb(66, 211, 210)
HSLhsl(180, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(180, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.52, -37.45, -10.65)
CIE-LCHlch(77.52, 38.94, 195.87°)
OKLaboklab(79.22% -0.1159 -0.0296)
OKLCHoklch(79.22% 0.12 194.3)
XYZxyz(37.1686, 52.3956, 69.1147)
Luminance0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D3D2 #D34243
analogous
#42D38A #42D3D2 #428CD3
triadic
#42D3D2 #D242D3 #D3D242
tetradic
#42D3D2 #8A42D3 #D34243 #8CD342
square
#42D3D2 #8A42D3 #D34243 #8CD342
split-complementary
#42D3D2 #D3428C #D38A42
monochromatic
#1D7D7D #29AFAE #42D3D2 #74DFDE #A5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#42D3D2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48
#42D3D2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3D2
11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D3D2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D3D21.001.8311.4811.48
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4821.001.001.00
##00000011.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6C9D2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0B9D3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 194.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1df',
    500: '#42d3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d3d2;
$custom-light: #8be1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.586,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79217,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D3D2
secondary
#853435
accent
#4244E5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3D2

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

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#42D3D2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva