#42D5AC#42D5AC

#42D5AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D5AC
RGBrgb(66, 213, 172)
HSLhsl(163, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(163, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 19.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.11, -48.22, 9.13)
CIE-LCHlch(77.11, 49.08, 169.28°)
OKLaboklab(78.56% -0.1349 0.0233)
OKLCHoklch(78.56% 0.137 170.2)
XYZxyz(33.4835, 51.7215, 47.2403)
Luminance0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D5AC #D5426B
analogous
#42D562 #42D5AC #42B5D5
triadic
#42D5AC #AC42D5 #D5AC42
tetradic
#42D5AC #6242D5 #D5426B #B5D542
square
#42D5AC #6242D5 #D5426B #B5D542
split-complementary
#42D5AC #D542B5 #D56242
monochromatic
#1C8064 #28B28C #42D5AC #74E0C2 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D5AC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35
#42D5AC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AC
11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D5AC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D5AC1.001.8511.3511.35
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3521.001.001.00
##00000011.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFC7AA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBB9AF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 170.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c4',
    500: '#42d5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d5ac;
$custom-light: #89e3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.265,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78557,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D5AC
secondary
#87344B
accent
#416FE7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1512
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AC

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#42D5AC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva