#42D5AE#42D5AE

#42D5AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D5AE
RGBrgb(66, 213, 174)
HSLhsl(164, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 18.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.16, -47.74, 8.13)
CIE-LCHlch(77.16, 48.43, 170.33°)
OKLaboklab(78.61% -0.134 0.0207)
OKLCHoklch(78.61% 0.136 171.2)
XYZxyz(33.6771, 51.7989, 48.2595)
Luminance0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D5AE #D54269
analogous
#42D565 #42D5AE #42B2D5
triadic
#42D5AE #AE42D5 #D5AE42
tetradic
#42D5AE #6542D5 #D54269 #B2D542
square
#42D5AE #6542D5 #D54269 #B2D542
split-complementary
#42D5AE #D542B2 #D56542
monochromatic
#1C8066 #28B28D #42D5AE #74E0C3 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D5AE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36
#42D5AE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AE
11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D5AE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D5AE1.001.8511.3611.36
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3621.001.001.00
##00000011.3621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFC7AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBB9B1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 171.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c6',
    500: '#42d5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d5ae;
$custom-light: #89e3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.082,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D5AE
secondary
#87344A
accent
#416DE7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AE

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#42D5AE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva