#42E0A1#42E0A1

#42E0A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.159 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0A1
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 161)
HSL	hsl(156, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 28.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -55.15, 19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 58.43, 160.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1508 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.159 162)
XYZ	xyz(35.3317, 57.0387, 42.8588)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0A1 #E04281

analogous

#42E052 #42E0A1 #42D0E0

triadic

#42E0A1 #A142E0 #E0A142

tetradic

#42E0A1 #5242E0 #E04281 #D0E042

square

#42E0A1 #5242E0 #E04281 #D0E042

split-complementary

#42E0A1 #E042D0 #E05242

monochromatic

#189060 #20C583 #42E0A1 #77E9BB #ABF1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42E0A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#42E0A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0A1

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0A1	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C1A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.159 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebbd',
    500: '#42e0a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0a1;
$custom-light: #8aebbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.076,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.1586,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.57043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0A1

secondary

#953159

accent

#3982EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0A1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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