#42D4AE#42D4AE

#42D4AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D4AE
RGBrgb(66, 212, 174)
HSLhsl(164, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.86, -47.33, 7.70)
CIE-LCHlch(76.86, 47.95, 170.76°)
OKLaboklab(78.36% -0.133 0.0196)
OKLCHoklch(78.36% 0.134 171.6)
XYZxyz(33.4263, 51.2974, 48.1759)
Luminance0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D4AE #D44268
analogous
#42D465 #42D4AE #42B1D4
triadic
#42D4AE #AE42D4 #D4AE42
tetradic
#42D4AE #6542D4 #D44268 #B1D442
square
#42D4AE #6542D4 #D44268 #B1D442
split-complementary
#42D4AE #D442B1 #D46542
monochromatic
#1D7F65 #28B18D #42D4AE #74DFC3 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#42D4AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26
#42D4AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AE
11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D4AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4AE1.001.8611.2611.26
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2621.001.001.00
##00000011.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEC6AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAB8B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 171.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c6',
    500: '#42d4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d4ae;
$custom-light: #89e2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.384,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78364,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D4AE
secondary
#863449
accent
#426DE6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AE

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#42D4AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva