#42D5A8#42D5A8

#42D5A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.140 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D5A8
RGBrgb(66, 213, 168)
HSLhsl(162, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 21.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.02, -49.17, 11.14)
CIE-LCHlch(77.02, 50.41, 167.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.45% -0.1367 0.0285)
OKLCHoklch(78.45% 0.14 168.2)
XYZxyz(33.1052, 51.5701, 45.2475)
Luminance0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D5A8 #D5426F
analogous
#42D55F #42D5A8 #42B8D5
triadic
#42D5A8 #A842D5 #D5A842
tetradic
#42D5A8 #5F42D5 #D5426F #B8D542
square
#42D5A8 #5F42D5 #D5426F #B8D542
split-complementary
#42D5A8 #D542B8 #D55F42
monochromatic
#1C8062 #28B288 #42D5A8 #74E0BF #A6EBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#42D5A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31
#42D5A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5A8
11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D5A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D5A81.001.8611.3111.31
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3121.001.001.00
##00000011.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0C7A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCB8AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.140 168.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c1',
    500: '#42d5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d5a8;
$custom-light: #89e3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.633,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D5A8
secondary
#87344D
accent
#4174E7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5A8

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#42D5A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva