#42E0AC#42E0AC

#42E0AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.150 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0AC
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 172)
HSL	hsl(160, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 23.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.43, -52.73, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.43, 54.51, 165.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1458 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.15 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3448, 57.4439, 48.1940)
Luminance	0.5745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0AC #E04276

analogous

#42E05D #42E0AC #42C5E0

triadic

#42E0AC #AC42E0 #E0AC42

tetradic

#42E0AC #5D42E0 #E04276 #C5E042

square

#42E0AC #5D42E0 #E04276 #C5E042

split-complementary

#42E0AC #E042C5 #E05D42

monochromatic

#189068 #20C58E #42E0AC #77E9C3 #ABF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E0AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#42E0AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0AC

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0AC	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD0A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.150 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebc4',
    500: '#42e0ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0ac;
$custom-light: #8bebc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.253,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81272,
    "c": 0.14999,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0AC

secondary

#953152

accent

#3975EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0AC

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

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