#42E1B5#42E1B5

#42E1B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.145 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1B5
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 181)
HSL	hsl(163, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 19.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -51.05, 9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 51.98, 169.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1426 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.145 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5081, 58.3405, 52.9912)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1B5 #E1426E

analogous

#42E165 #42E1B5 #42BEE1

triadic

#42E1B5 #B542E1 #E1B542

tetradic

#42E1B5 #6542E1 #E1426E #BEE142

square

#42E1B5 #6542E1 #E1426E #BEE142

split-complementary

#42E1B5 #E142BE #E16542

monochromatic

#179270 #1FC698 #42E1B5 #77E9CA #ACF2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E1B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#42E1B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1B5

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1B5	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.145 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebcb',
    500: '#42e1b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1b5;
$custom-light: #8bebcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.396,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81747,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1B5

secondary

#96314D

accent

#386BEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1B5

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

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