#42D4D5#42D4D5

#42D4D5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.120 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D4D5
RGBrgb(66, 212, 213)
HSLhsl(180, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(180, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.90, -37.07, -11.68)
CIE-LCHlch(77.90, 38.87, 197.49°)
OKLaboklab(79.56% -0.1156 -0.0325)
OKLCHoklch(79.56% 0.12 195.7)
XYZxyz(37.7951, 53.0449, 71.1847)
Luminance0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D4D5 #D54342
analogous
#42D58C #42D4D5 #428BD5
triadic
#42D4D5 #D542D4 #D4D542
tetradic
#42D4D5 #8C42D5 #D54342 #8BD542
square
#42D4D5 #8C42D5 #D54342 #8BD542
split-complementary
#42D4D5 #D5428B #D58C42
monochromatic
#1C7F80 #28B1B2 #42D4D5 #74DFE0 #A6EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#42D4D5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61
#42D4D5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4D5
11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D4D5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4D51.001.8111.6111.61
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6121.001.001.00
##00000011.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6CAD5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0BAD6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.120 195.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1e1',
    500: '#42d4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d4d5;
$custom-light: #8be1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.408,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79558,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D4D5
secondary
#873434
accent
#4241E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4D5

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#42D4D5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva