#42D4BA#42D4BA

#42D4BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D4BA
RGBrgb(66, 212, 186)
HSLhsl(169, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(169, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 12.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.15, -44.34, 1.70)
CIE-LCHlch(77.15, 44.37, 177.80°)
OKLaboklab(78.7% -0.1275 0.0038)
OKLCHoklch(78.7% 0.128 178.3)
XYZxyz(34.6488, 51.7864, 54.6145)
Luminance0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D4BA #D4425C
analogous
#42D471 #42D4BA #42A5D4
triadic
#42D4BA #BA42D4 #D4BA42
tetradic
#42D4BA #7142D4 #D4425C #A5D442
square
#42D4BA #7142D4 #D4425C #A5D442
split-complementary
#42D4BA #D442A5 #D47142
monochromatic
#1D7F6D #28B198 #42D4BA #74DFCC #A6EBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D4BA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36
#42D4BA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4BA
11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D4BA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4BA1.001.8511.3611.36
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3621.001.001.00
##00000011.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCC7B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B8BC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 178.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2ce',
    500: '#42d4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d4ba;
$custom-light: #89e2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78701,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D4BA
secondary
#863443
accent
#425FE6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#42D4BA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva