#42D4BD#42D4BD

#42D4BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D4BD
RGBrgb(66, 212, 189)
HSLhsl(171, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(171, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(77.23, -43.57, 0.20)
CIE-LCHlch(77.23, 43.57, 179.73°)
OKLaboklab(78.79% -0.1261 -0.0002)
OKLCHoklch(78.79% 0.126 180.1)
XYZxyz(34.9711, 51.9153, 56.3118)
Luminance0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D4BD #D44259
analogous
#42D474 #42D4BD #42A2D4
triadic
#42D4BD #BD42D4 #D4BD42
tetradic
#42D4BD #7442D4 #D44259 #A2D442
square
#42D4BD #7442D4 #D44259 #A2D442
split-complementary
#42D4BD #D442A2 #D47442
monochromatic
#1D7F6F #28B19B #42D4BD #74DFCE #A6EBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#42D4BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38
#42D4BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4BD
11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D4BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4BD1.001.8411.3811.38
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3821.001.001.00
##00000011.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBC8BC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6B8BF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 180.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2d0',
    500: '#42d4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d4bd;
$custom-light: #8ae2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D4BD
secondary
#863441
accent
#425CE6
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

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#42D4BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva