#42DEB5#42DEB5

#42DEB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DEB5
RGBrgb(66, 222, 181)
HSLhsl(164, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(164, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(80.03, -49.81, 8.52)
CIE-LCHlch(80.03, 50.53, 170.30°)
OKLaboklab(81.01% -0.1397 0.0217)
OKLCHoklch(81.01% 0.141 171.2)
XYZxyz(36.7042, 56.7327, 52.7232)
Luminance0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DEB5 #DE426B
analogous
#42DE67 #42DEB5 #42B9DE
triadic
#42DEB5 #B542DE #DEB542
tetradic
#42DEB5 #6742DE #DE426B #B9DE42
square
#42DEB5 #6742DE #DE426B #B9DE42
split-complementary
#42DEB5 #DE42B9 #DE6742
monochromatic
#198D6E #22C197 #42DEB5 #76E7C9 #AAF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70
#42DEB5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35
#42DEB5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEB5
12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DEB5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DEB51.001.7012.3512.35
#FFFFFF1.701.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3521.001.001.00
##00000012.3521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7CFB3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3C0B8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E0D2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42deb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 171.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9cb',
    500: '#42deb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42deb5;
$custom-light: #8be9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42deb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DEB5
secondary
#92324B
accent
#3B6AED
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEB5

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#42DEB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva