#42E1A5#42E1A5

#42E1A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.157 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1A5
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 165)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 26.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -54.68, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 57.48, 162.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.1499 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.157 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9597, 57.7211, 44.8361)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1A5 #E1427E

analogous

#42E155 #42E1A5 #42CEE1

triadic

#42E1A5 #A542E1 #E1A542

tetradic

#42E1A5 #5542E1 #E1427E #CEE142

square

#42E1A5 #5542E1 #E1427E #CEE142

split-complementary

#42E1A5 #E142CE #E15542

monochromatic

#179263 #1FC687 #42E1A5 #77E9BE #ACF2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E1A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#42E1A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1A5

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1A5	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD1A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.157 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebbf',
    500: '#42e1a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1a5;
$custom-light: #8bebbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.358,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.15661,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1A5

secondary

#963157

accent

#387DEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1A5

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

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