#42D6A8#42D6A8

#42D6A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.141 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D6A8
RGBrgb(66, 214, 168)
HSLhsl(161, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(161, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 21.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.33, -49.58, 11.57)
CIE-LCHlch(77.33, 50.91, 166.87°)
OKLaboklab(78.7% -0.1377 0.0296)
OKLCHoklch(78.7% 0.141 167.9)
XYZxyz(33.3575, 52.0747, 45.3316)
Luminance0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D6A8 #D64270
analogous
#42D65E #42D6A8 #42BAD6
triadic
#42D6A8 #A842D6 #D6A842
tetradic
#42D6A8 #5E42D6 #D64270 #BAD642
square
#42D6A8 #5E42D6 #D64270 #BAD642
split-complementary
#42D6A8 #D642BA #D65E42
monochromatic
#1C8262 #27B488 #42D6A8 #74E1BF #A7ECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#42D6A8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42
#42D6A8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6A8
11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D6A8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D6A81.001.8411.4211.42
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4221.001.001.00
##00000011.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1C7A6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDB9AB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.141 167.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c1',
    500: '#42d6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d6a8;
$custom-light: #89e3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.351,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D6A8
secondary
#88344E
accent
#4074E7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6A8

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#42D6A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva