#42E1A3#42E1A3

#42E1A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.158 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1A3
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 163)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 27.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -55.11, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 58.20, 161.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1509 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.158 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7791, 57.6489, 43.8849)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1A3 #E14280

analogous

#42E154 #42E1A3 #42CFE1

triadic

#42E1A3 #A342E1 #E1A342

tetradic

#42E1A3 #5442E1 #E14280 #CFE142

square

#42E1A3 #5442E1 #E14280 #CFE142

split-complementary

#42E1A3 #E142CF #E15442

monochromatic

#179262 #1FC685 #42E1A3 #77E9BD #ACF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E1A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#42E1A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1A3

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1A3	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)

#DDD19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.158 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebbe',
    500: '#42e1a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1a3;
$custom-light: #8bebbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.604,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81304,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1A3

secondary

#963158

accent

#3880EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1A3

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

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