#42D6C5#42D6C5

#42D6C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D6C5
RGBrgb(66, 214, 197)
HSLhsl(173, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(173, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.04, -42.35, -2.90)
CIE-LCHlch(78.04, 42.45, 183.92°)
OKLaboklab(79.52% -0.1245 -0.0085)
OKLCHoklch(79.52% 0.125 183.9)
XYZxyz(36.3666, 53.2784, 61.1796)
Luminance0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D6C5 #D64253
analogous
#42D67B #42D6C5 #429DD6
triadic
#42D6C5 #C542D6 #D6C542
tetradic
#42D6C5 #7B42D6 #D64253 #9DD642
square
#42D6C5 #7B42D6 #D64253 #9DD642
split-complementary
#42D6C5 #D6429D #D67B42
monochromatic
#1C8276 #27B4A4 #42D6C5 #74E1D4 #A7ECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#42D6C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66
#42D6C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6C5
11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D6C5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D6C51.001.8011.6611.66
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6621.001.001.00
##00000011.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCCAC4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7BAC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DAD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 183.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3d6',
    500: '#42d6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d6c5;
$custom-light: #8ae3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D6C5
secondary
#88343D
accent
#4054E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6C5

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#42D6C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva