#42E0B0#42E0B0

#42E0B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0B0
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 176)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 21.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -51.81, 11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 53.15, 167.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.1439 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.147 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7347, 57.5999, 50.2478)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0B0 #E04272

analogous

#42E061 #42E0B0 #42C1E0

triadic

#42E0B0 #B042E0 #E0B042

tetradic

#42E0B0 #6142E0 #E04272 #C1E042

square

#42E0B0 #6142E0 #E04272 #C1E042

split-complementary

#42E0B0 #E042C1 #E06142

monochromatic

#18906B #20C593 #42E0B0 #77E9C6 #ABF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#42E0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0B0

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0B0	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD1AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac7',
    500: '#42e0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0b0;
$custom-light: #8beac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.772,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81372,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0B0

secondary

#953150

accent

#3970EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0B0

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

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