#42D7BD#42D7BD

#42D7BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.129 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D7BD
RGBrgb(66, 215, 189)
HSLhsl(170, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(170, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(78.13, -44.87, 1.51)
CIE-LCHlch(78.13, 44.90, 178.07°)
OKLaboklab(79.52% -0.1291 0.0033)
OKLCHoklch(79.52% 0.129 178.5)
XYZxyz(35.7280, 53.4291, 56.5641)
Luminance0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D7BD #D7425C
analogous
#42D772 #42D7BD #42A7D7
triadic
#42D7BD #BD42D7 #D7BD42
tetradic
#42D7BD #7242D7 #D7425C #A7D742
square
#42D7BD #7242D7 #D7425C #A7D742
split-complementary
#42D7BD #D742A7 #D77242
monochromatic
#1C8371 #26B59C #42D7BD #75E2CF #A7ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#42D7BD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69
#42D7BD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7BD
11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D7BD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D7BD1.001.8011.6911.69
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6921.001.001.00
##00000011.6921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CECABC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BABBBF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.129 178.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae4d0',
    500: '#42d7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d7bd;
$custom-light: #8ae4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.53,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79522,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D7BD
secondary
#8A3443
accent
#405DE8
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFB
border
#CED5D4
text
#0D1614
muted
#7F8483

Preview Lab

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#42D7BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva