#42E0AD#42E0AD

#42E0AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.149 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0AD
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 173)
HSL	hsl(161, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 22.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -52.50, 13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 54.17, 165.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1453 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.149 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4412, 57.4825, 48.7017)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0AD #E04275

analogous

#42E05E #42E0AD #42C4E0

triadic

#42E0AD #AD42E0 #E0AD42

tetradic

#42E0AD #5E42E0 #E04275 #C4E042

square

#42E0AD #5E42E0 #E04275 #C4E042

split-complementary

#42E0AD #E042C4 #E05E42

monochromatic

#189069 #20C590 #42E0AD #77E9C4 #ABF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#42E0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0AD

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0AD	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.149 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac5',
    500: '#42e0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0ad;
$custom-light: #8beac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.633,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81297,
    "c": 0.14925,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0AD

secondary

#953151

accent

#3974EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0AD

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

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