#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
RGBrgb(66, 224, 171)
HSLhsl(160, 72%, 57%)
HSVhsv(160, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 23.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.41, -52.95, 14.33)
CIE-LCHlch(80.41, 54.86, 164.85°)
OKLaboklab(81.25% -0.1462 0.0366)
OKLCHoklch(81.25% 0.151 165.9)
XYZxyz(36.2491, 57.4057, 47.6902)
Luminance0.5741 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42E0AB1.001.6812.4812.48
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4821.001.001.00
##00000012.4821.001.001.00

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

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#42E0AB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva