#42D4AF#42D4AF

#42D4AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D4AF
RGBrgb(66, 212, 175)
HSLhsl(165, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(165, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.88, -47.08, 7.20)
CIE-LCHlch(76.88, 47.63, 171.31°)
OKLaboklab(78.39% -0.1325 0.0183)
OKLCHoklch(78.39% 0.134 172.1)
XYZxyz(33.5242, 51.3365, 48.6913)
Luminance0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D4AF #D44267
analogous
#42D466 #42D4AF #42B0D4
triadic
#42D4AF #AF42D4 #D4AF42
tetradic
#42D4AF #6642D4 #D44267 #B0D442
square
#42D4AF #6642D4 #D44267 #B0D442
split-complementary
#42D4AF #D442B0 #D46642
monochromatic
#1D7F66 #28B18E #42D4AF #74DFC4 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#42D4AF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27
#42D4AF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AF
11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D4AF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4AF1.001.8611.2711.27
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2721.001.001.00
##00000011.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDC6AD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAB8B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 172.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c6',
    500: '#42d4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d4af;
$custom-light: #89e2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.795,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D4AF
secondary
#863449
accent
#426BE6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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#42D4AF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva