#42E1B3#42E1B3

#42E1B3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.146 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1B3
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 179)
HSL	hsl(163, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 20.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -51.52, 10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 52.63, 168.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1435 0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.146 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.3044, 58.2590, 51.9182)
Luminance	0.5826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1B3 #E14270

analogous

#42E164 #42E1B3 #42BFE1

triadic

#42E1B3 #B342E1 #E1B342

tetradic

#42E1B3 #6442E1 #E14270 #BFE142

square

#42E1B3 #6442E1 #E14270 #BFE142

split-complementary

#42E1B3 #E142BF #E16442

monochromatic

#17926E #1FC696 #42E1B3 #77E9C8 #ACF2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E1B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#42E1B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1B3

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1B3	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD2B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C3B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.146 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebc9',
    500: '#42e1b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1b3;
$custom-light: #8bebc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.642,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81695,
    "c": 0.14615,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1B3

secondary

#96314E

accent

#386DEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1B3

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

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