#42D5C1#42D5C1

#42D5C1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D5C1
RGBrgb(66, 213, 193)
HSLhsl(172, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(172, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 9.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(77.63, -42.97, -1.35)
CIE-LCHlch(77.63, 42.99, 181.80°)
OKLaboklab(79.15% -0.1253 -0.0043)
OKLCHoklch(79.15% 0.125 182)
XYZxyz(35.6620, 52.5929, 58.7137)
Luminance0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D5C1 #D54256
analogous
#42D578 #42D5C1 #429FD5
triadic
#42D5C1 #C142D5 #D5C142
tetradic
#42D5C1 #7842D5 #D54256 #9FD542
square
#42D5C1 #7842D5 #D54256 #9FD542
split-complementary
#42D5C1 #D5429F #D57842
monochromatic
#1C8073 #28B29F #42D5C1 #74E0D1 #A6EBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#42D5C1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52
#42D5C1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5C1
11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D5C1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D5C11.001.8211.5211.52
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5221.001.001.00
##00000011.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBC9C0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7B9C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d5c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 182.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2d3',
    500: '#42d5c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d5c1;
$custom-light: #8ae2d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d5c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.837,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.52597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D5C1
secondary
#87343F
accent
#4158E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5C1

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#42D5C1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva