#42E0B1#42E0B1

#42E0B1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.146 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42E0B1
RGBrgb(66, 224, 177)
HSLhsl(162, 72%, 57%)
HSVhsv(162, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(70.5%, 0%, 21%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(80.54, -51.58, 11.36)
CIE-LCHlch(80.54, 52.81, 167.58°)
OKLaboklab(81.4% -0.1435 0.029)
OKLCHoklch(81.4% 0.146 168.6)
XYZxyz(36.8340, 57.6396, 50.7708)
Luminance0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42E0B1 #E04271
analogous
#42E062 #42E0B1 #42C0E0
triadic
#42E0B1 #B142E0 #E0B142
tetradic
#42E0B1 #6242E0 #E04271 #C0E042
square
#42E0B1 #6242E0 #E04271 #C0E042
split-complementary
#42E0B1 #E042C0 #E06242
monochromatic
#18906C #20C594 #42E0B1 #77E9C7 #ABF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68
#42E0B1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53
#42E0B1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0B1
12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42E0B1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42E0B11.001.6812.5312.53
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5321.001.001.00
##00000012.5321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAD1AF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5C2B4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E1D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42e0b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.146 168.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac8',
    500: '#42e0b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42e0b1;
$custom-light: #8beac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42e0b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.152,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81398,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42E0B1
secondary
#95314F
accent
#396FEF
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0B1

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#42E0B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva