#42E1A7#42E1A7

#42E1A7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.155 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1A7
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 167)
HSL	hsl(158, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 25.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -54.24, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 56.77, 162.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.149 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.155 164)
XYZ	xyz(36.1431, 57.7945, 45.8023)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1A7 #E1427C

analogous

#42E157 #42E1A7 #42CCE1

triadic

#42E1A7 #A742E1 #E1A742

tetradic

#42E1A7 #5742E1 #E1427C #CCE142

square

#42E1A7 #5742E1 #E1427C #CCE142

split-complementary

#42E1A7 #E142CC #E15742

monochromatic

#179265 #1FC689 #42E1A7 #77E9C0 #ACF2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E1A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#42E1A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1A7

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1A7	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD1A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.155 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebc1',
    500: '#42e1a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1a7;
$custom-light: #8bebc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.113,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81398,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.57799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1A7

secondary

#963156

accent

#387BEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1A7

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

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