#42E0BA#42E0BA

#42E0BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0BA
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 186)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 17%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -49.43, 6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 49.91, 172.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.64% -0.1393 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(81.64% 0.14 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7608, 58.0103, 55.6519)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0BA #E04268

analogous

#42E06B #42E0BA #42B7E0

triadic

#42E0BA #BA42E0 #E0BA42

tetradic

#42E0BA #6B42E0 #E04268 #B7E042

square

#42E0BA #6B42E0 #E04268 #B7E042

split-complementary

#42E0BA #E042B7 #E06B42

monochromatic

#189073 #20C59D #42E0BA #77E9CD #ABF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#42E0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0BA

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0BA	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beace',
    500: '#42e0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0ba;
$custom-light: #8beace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.57,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81635,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0BA

secondary

#953149

accent

#3965EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0BA

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

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