#42DCB5#42DCB5

#42DCB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DCB5
RGBrgb(66, 220, 181)
HSLhsl(165, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(165, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 17.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.43, -48.98, 7.66)
CIE-LCHlch(79.43, 49.58, 171.12°)
OKLaboklab(80.52% -0.1377 0.0195)
OKLCHoklch(80.52% 0.139 172)
XYZxyz(36.1762, 55.6767, 52.5472)
Luminance0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DCB5 #DC4269
analogous
#42DC68 #42DCB5 #42B6DC
triadic
#42DCB5 #B542DC #DCB542
tetradic
#42DCB5 #6842DC #DC4269 #B6DC42
square
#42DCB5 #6842DC #DC4269 #B6DC42
split-complementary
#42DCB5 #DC42B6 #DC6842
monochromatic
#1A8A6E #23BE97 #42DCB5 #76E6C9 #A9EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#42DCB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14
#42DCB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCB5
12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DCB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DCB51.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5CEB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1BFB8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DED1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 172.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8cb',
    500: '#42dcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dcb5;
$custom-light: #8ae8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.805,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8052,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.55681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DCB5
secondary
#90324A
accent
#3C69EC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCB5

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#42DCB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva