#42D9D6#42D9D6

#42D9D6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D9D6
RGBrgb(66, 217, 214)
HSLhsl(179, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(179, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.41, -39.08, -9.97)
CIE-LCHlch(79.41, 40.33, 194.32°)
OKLaboklab(80.79% -0.12 -0.0278)
OKLCHoklch(80.79% 0.123 193)
XYZxyz(39.1917, 55.6344, 72.2783)
Luminance0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D9D6 #D94245
analogous
#42D98A #42D9D6 #4290D9
triadic
#42D9D6 #D642D9 #D9D642
tetradic
#42D9D6 #8A42D9 #D94245 #90D942
square
#42D9D6 #8A42D9 #D94245 #90D942
split-complementary
#42D9D6 #D94290 #D98A42
monochromatic
#1B8684 #25B9B6 #42D9D6 #75E3E1 #A8EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#42D9D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13
#42D9D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9D6
12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D9D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D9D61.001.7312.1312.13
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1321.001.001.00
##00000012.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CCCED6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5BED7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFD8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 193.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5e2',
    500: '#42d9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d9d6;
$custom-light: #8ce5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.808,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80788,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.55639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D9D6
secondary
#8C3335
accent
#3E42E9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1615
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9D6

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#42D9D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva