#42D9D7#42D9D7

#42D9D7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D9D7
RGBrgb(66, 217, 215)
HSLhsl(179, 67%, 55%)
HSVhsv(179, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.43, -38.80, -10.47)
CIE-LCHlch(79.43, 40.18, 195.10°)
OKLaboklab(80.82% -0.1196 -0.0291)
OKLCHoklch(80.82% 0.123 193.7)
XYZxyz(39.3198, 55.6856, 72.9529)
Luminance0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D9D7 #D94244
analogous
#42D98B #42D9D7 #4290D9
triadic
#42D9D7 #D742D9 #D9D742
tetradic
#42D9D7 #8B42D9 #D94244 #90D942
square
#42D9D7 #8B42D9 #D94244 #90D942
split-complementary
#42D9D7 #D94290 #D98B42
monochromatic
#1B8684 #25B9B7 #42D9D7 #75E3E2 #A8EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#42D9D7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14
#42D9D7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9D7
12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D9D7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D9D71.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CBCED7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B5BED8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0D8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 193.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5e3',
    500: '#42d9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d9d7;
$custom-light: #8ce5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.205,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80822,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D9D7
secondary
#8C3334
accent
#3E41E9
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1615
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9D7

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#42D9D7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva