#42E0B6#42E0B6

#42E0B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.143 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0B6
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 182)
HSL	hsl(164, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 18.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -50.40, 8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 51.17, 170.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.1412 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.143 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3415, 57.8426, 53.4436)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0B6 #E0426C

analogous

#42E067 #42E0B6 #42BBE0

triadic

#42E0B6 #B642E0 #E0B642

tetradic

#42E0B6 #6742E0 #E0426C #BBE042

square

#42E0B6 #6742E0 #E0426C #BBE042

split-complementary

#42E0B6 #E042BB #E06742

monochromatic

#189070 #20C599 #42E0B6 #77E9CA #ABF1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E0B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#42E0B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0B6

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0B6	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.143 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beacb',
    500: '#42e0b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0b6;
$custom-light: #8beacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.051,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81528,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0B6

secondary

#95314C

accent

#3969EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0B6

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

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