#42D6C8#42D6C8

#42D6C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D6C8
RGBrgb(66, 214, 200)
HSLhsl(174, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(174, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.12, -41.55, -4.39)
CIE-LCHlch(78.12, 41.78, 186.03°)
OKLaboklab(79.61% -0.1232 -0.0125)
OKLCHoklch(79.61% 0.124 185.8)
XYZxyz(36.7138, 53.4173, 63.0080)
Luminance0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D6C8 #D64250
analogous
#42D67E #42D6C8 #429AD6
triadic
#42D6C8 #C842D6 #D6C842
tetradic
#42D6C8 #7E42D6 #D64250 #9AD642
square
#42D6C8 #7E42D6 #D64250 #9AD642
split-complementary
#42D6C8 #D6429A #D67E42
monochromatic
#1C8278 #27B4A6 #42D6C8 #74E1D7 #A7ECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#42D6C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68
#42D6C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6C8
11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D6C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D6C81.001.8011.6811.68
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6821.001.001.00
##00000011.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCAC8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6BBCA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DBD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 185.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3d8',
    500: '#42d6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d6c8;
$custom-light: #8be3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79613,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D6C8
secondary
#88343C
accent
#4050E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1514
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#42D6C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva