#42E0BC#42E0BC

#42E0BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0BC
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 16.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -48.95, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 49.30, 173.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1384 0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.139 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9749, 58.0960, 56.7795)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0BC #E04266

analogous

#42E06D #42E0BC #42B5E0

triadic

#42E0BC #BC42E0 #E0BC42

tetradic

#42E0BC #6D42E0 #E04266 #B5E042

square

#42E0BC #6D42E0 #E04266 #B5E042

split-complementary

#42E0BC #E042B5 #E06D42

monochromatic

#189075 #20C59F #42E0BC #77E9CF #ABF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#42E0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0BC

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0BC	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D2BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bead0',
    500: '#42e0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0bc;
$custom-light: #8bead0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.329,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8169,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0BC

secondary

#953148

accent

#3963EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0BC

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

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