#42D8B2#42D8B2

#42D8B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.136 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D8B2
RGBrgb(66, 216, 178)
HSLhsl(165, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(165, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 17.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.16, -48.04, 7.43)
CIE-LCHlch(78.16, 48.61, 171.21°)
OKLaboklab(79.46% -0.1351 0.0189)
OKLCHoklch(79.46% 0.136 172)
XYZxyz(34.8344, 53.4803, 50.5977)
Luminance0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D8B2 #D84268
analogous
#42D867 #42D8B2 #42B3D8
triadic
#42D8B2 #B242D8 #D8B242
tetradic
#42D8B2 #6742D8 #D84268 #B3D842
square
#42D8B2 #6742D8 #D84268 #B3D842
split-complementary
#42D8B2 #D842B3 #D86742
monochromatic
#1B846A #26B792 #42D8B2 #75E2C7 #A7EDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#42D8B2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70
#42D8B2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8B2
11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D8B2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D8B21.001.8011.7011.70
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7021.001.001.00
##00000011.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1CAB0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDBBB5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DACD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.136 172.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5c9',
    500: '#42d8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d8b2;
$custom-light: #8ae5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79457,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.53484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D8B2
secondary
#8B3349
accent
#3F6AE9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8B2

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#42D8B2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva