#42DEAF#42DEAF

#42DEAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.145 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DEAF
RGBrgb(66, 222, 175)
HSLhsl(162, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 21.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.89, -51.23, 11.50)
CIE-LCHlch(79.89, 52.50, 167.35°)
OKLaboklab(80.86% -0.1424 0.0294)
OKLCHoklch(80.86% 0.145 168.3)
XYZxyz(36.1018, 56.4918, 49.5505)
Luminance0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DEAF #DE4271
analogous
#42DE61 #42DEAF #42BFDE
triadic
#42DEAF #AF42DE #DEAF42
tetradic
#42DEAF #6142DE #DE4271 #BFDE42
square
#42DEAF #6142DE #DE4271 #BFDE42
split-complementary
#42DEAF #DE42BF #DE6142
monochromatic
#198D6A #22C191 #42DEAF #76E7C5 #AAF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#42DEAF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30
#42DEAF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEAF
12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DEAF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DEAF1.001.7112.3012.30
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3021.001.001.00
##00000012.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8CFAD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4C0B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DFD1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42deaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.145 168.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9c6',
    500: '#42deaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42deaf;
$custom-light: #8ae9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42deaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80855,
    "c": 0.14542,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DEAF
secondary
#92324F
accent
#3B70ED
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

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