#42D5AA#42D5AA

#42D5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.138 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D5AA
RGBrgb(66, 213, 170)
HSLhsl(162, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 20.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.07, -48.70, 10.14)
CIE-LCHlch(77.07, 49.74, 168.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.5% -0.1358 0.0259)
OKLCHoklch(78.5% 0.138 169.2)
XYZxyz(33.2929, 51.6452, 46.2363)
Luminance0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D5AA #D5426D
analogous
#42D561 #42D5AA #42B6D5
triadic
#42D5AA #AA42D5 #D5AA42
tetradic
#42D5AA #6142D5 #D5426D #B6D542
square
#42D5AA #6142D5 #D5426D #B6D542
split-complementary
#42D5AA #D542B6 #D56142
monochromatic
#1C8063 #28B28A #42D5AA #74E0C1 #A6EBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D5AA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33
#42D5AA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AA
11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D5AA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D5AA1.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFC7A8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCB8AD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.138 169.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c3',
    500: '#42d5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d5aa;
$custom-light: #89e3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.449,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78504,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D5AA
secondary
#87344C
accent
#4172E7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AA

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#42D5AA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva