#42E0AE#42E0AE

#42E0AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.149 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0AE
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 22.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -52.27, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 53.82, 166.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.1448 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.149 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5383, 57.5213, 49.2133)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0AE #E04274

analogous

#42E05F #42E0AE #42C3E0

triadic

#42E0AE #AE42E0 #E0AE42

tetradic

#42E0AE #5F42E0 #E04274 #C3E042

square

#42E0AE #5F42E0 #E04274 #C3E042

split-complementary

#42E0AE #E042C3 #E05F42

monochromatic

#18906A #20C591 #42E0AE #77E9C5 #ABF1DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E0AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#42E0AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0AE

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0AE	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C2B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.149 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac6',
    500: '#42e0ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0ae;
$custom-light: #8beac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.013,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81322,
    "c": 0.14852,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0AE

secondary

#953151

accent

#3973EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0AE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →