#42E0AB#42E0AB

#42E0AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.151 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0AB
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 171)
HSL	hsl(160, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 23.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -52.95, 14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 54.86, 164.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.1462 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.151 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2491, 57.4057, 47.6902)
Luminance	0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0AB #E04277

analogous

#42E05C #42E0AB #42C6E0

triadic

#42E0AB #AB42E0 #E0AB42

tetradic

#42E0AB #5C42E0 #E04277 #C6E042

square

#42E0AB #5C42E0 #E04277 #C6E042

split-complementary

#42E0AB #E042C6 #E05C42

monochromatic

#189068 #20C58D #42E0AB #77E9C2 #ABF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E0AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#42E0AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0AB

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0AB	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C1AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.151 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebc4',
    500: '#42e0ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0ab;
$custom-light: #8bebc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.873,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81247,
    "c": 0.15074,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0AB

secondary

#953153

accent

#3976EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0AB

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

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