#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
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 177)
HSL	hsl(162, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 21%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -51.58, 11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 52.81, 167.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1435 0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.146 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.8340, 57.6396, 50.7708)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42E0B1	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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