#42D8D1#42D8D1

#42D8D1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.123 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D8D1
RGBrgb(66, 216, 209)
HSLhsl(177, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(177, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(78.97, -40.01, -7.96)
CIE-LCHlch(78.97, 40.79, 191.25°)
OKLaboklab(80.38% -0.1212 -0.0222)
OKLCHoklch(80.38% 0.123 190.4)
XYZxyz(38.3059, 54.8690, 68.8812)
Luminance0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D8D1 #D84249
analogous
#42D886 #42D8D1 #4294D8
triadic
#42D8D1 #D142D8 #D8D142
tetradic
#42D8D1 #8642D8 #D84249 #94D842
square
#42D8D1 #8642D8 #D84249 #94D842
split-complementary
#42D8D1 #D84294 #D88642
monochromatic
#1B847F #26B7B0 #42D8D1 #75E2DD #A7EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#42D8D1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97
#42D8D1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8D1
11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D8D1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D8D11.001.7511.9711.97
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9721.001.001.00
##00000011.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCDD1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B6BDD2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DED5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.123 190.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be4df',
    500: '#42d8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d8d1;
$custom-light: #8be4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D8D1
secondary
#8B3337
accent
#3F47E9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1615
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8D1

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#42D8D1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva