#42E0BD#42E0BD

#42E0BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0BD
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 189)
HSL	hsl(167, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 15.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -48.70, 5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 49.00, 173.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.138 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.139 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0831, 58.1392, 57.3492)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0BD #E04265

analogous

#42E06E #42E0BD #42B4E0

triadic

#42E0BD #BD42E0 #E0BD42

tetradic

#42E0BD #6E42E0 #E04265 #B4E042

square

#42E0BD #6E42E0 #E04265 #B4E042

split-complementary

#42E0BD #E042B4 #E06E42

monochromatic

#189075 #20C5A0 #42E0BD #77E9CF #ABF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#42E0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0BD

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0BD	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C2C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bead0',
    500: '#42e0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0bd;
$custom-light: #8bead0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.709,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0BD

secondary

#953147

accent

#3961EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0BD

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

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