#42D7D9#42D7D9

#42D7D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D7D9
RGBrgb(66, 215, 217)
HSLhsl(181, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(181, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(78.91, -37.32, -12.33)
CIE-LCHlch(78.91, 39.30, 198.28°)
OKLaboklab(80.41% -0.1168 -0.0342)
OKLCHoklch(80.41% 0.122 196.3)
XYZxyz(39.0659, 54.7643, 74.1439)
Luminance0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D7D9 #D94442
analogous
#42D990 #42D7D9 #428BD9
triadic
#42D7D9 #D942D7 #D7D942
tetradic
#42D7D9 #9042D9 #D94442 #8BD942
square
#42D7D9 #9042D9 #D94442 #8BD942
split-complementary
#42D7D9 #D9428B #D99042
monochromatic
#1B8486 #25B7B9 #42D7D9 #75E2E3 #A8EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76
#42D7D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95
#42D7D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7D9
11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D7D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D7D91.001.7611.9511.95
#FFFFFF1.761.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9521.001.001.00
##00000011.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9CDD9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2BCDA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DED7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 196.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e4',
    500: '#42d7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d7d9;
$custom-light: #8ce4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.795,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80412,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D7D9
secondary
#8C3433
accent
#413EE9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7D9

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#42D7D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva