#42E1BB#42E1BB

#42E1BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.141 H 173.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1BB
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 187)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 16.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -49.61, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 50.07, 172.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1399 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.141 173)
XYZ	xyz(38.1370, 58.5921, 56.3035)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1BB #E14268

analogous

#42E16B #42E1BB #42B8E1

triadic

#42E1BB #BB42E1 #E1BB42

tetradic

#42E1BB #6B42E1 #E14268 #B8E142

square

#42E1BB #6B42E1 #E14268 #B8E142

split-complementary

#42E1BB #E142B8 #E16B42

monochromatic

#179274 #1FC69E #42E1BB #77E9CE #ACF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#42E1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1BB

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1BB	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.141 173.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebcf',
    500: '#42e1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1bb;
$custom-light: #8bebcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.66,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81907,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 173
  },
  "luminance": 0.58597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1BB

secondary

#963149

accent

#3864EF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1BB

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

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