#42E0A8#42E0A8

#42E0A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.153 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0A8
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 25%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -53.62, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 55.91, 163.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.17% -0.1476 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.17% 0.153 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.9664, 57.2926, 46.2012)
Luminance	0.5730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0A8 #E0427A

analogous

#42E059 #42E0A8 #42C9E0

triadic

#42E0A8 #A842E0 #E0A842

tetradic

#42E0A8 #5942E0 #E0427A #C9E042

square

#42E0A8 #5942E0 #E0427A #C9E042

split-complementary

#42E0A8 #E042C9 #E05942

monochromatic

#189065 #20C58A #42E0A8 #77E9C0 #ABF1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42E0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#42E0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0A8

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0A8	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C1AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.153 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebc2',
    500: '#42e0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0a8;
$custom-light: #8aebc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.734,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81174,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0A8

secondary

#953155

accent

#397AEF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0A8

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

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