#42D4AD#42D4AD

#42D4AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.135 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D4AD
RGBrgb(66, 212, 173)
HSLhsl(164, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.84, -47.57, 8.20)
CIE-LCHlch(76.84, 48.27, 170.22°)
OKLaboklab(78.34% -0.1334 0.0209)
OKLCHoklch(78.34% 0.135 171.1)
XYZxyz(33.3292, 51.2586, 47.6644)
Luminance0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D4AD #D44269
analogous
#42D464 #42D4AD #42B2D4
triadic
#42D4AD #AD42D4 #D4AD42
tetradic
#42D4AD #6442D4 #D44269 #B2D442
square
#42D4AD #6442D4 #D44269 #B2D442
split-complementary
#42D4AD #D442B2 #D46442
monochromatic
#1D7F65 #28B18C #42D4AD #74DFC3 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#42D4AD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25
#42D4AD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AD
11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D4AD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4AD1.001.8711.2511.25
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2521.001.001.00
##00000011.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEC6AB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAB8B0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 171.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c5',
    500: '#42d4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d4ad;
$custom-light: #89e2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.973,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D4AD
secondary
#86344A
accent
#426EE6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AD

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#42D4AD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva