#42E1BC#42E1BC

#42E1BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1BC
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 16.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -49.36, 6.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 49.77, 172.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.1394 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.14 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2444, 58.6351, 56.8693)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1BC #E14267

analogous

#42E16D #42E1BC #42B6E1

triadic

#42E1BC #BC42E1 #E1BC42

tetradic

#42E1BC #6D42E1 #E14267 #B6E142

square

#42E1BC #6D42E1 #E14267 #B6E142

split-complementary

#42E1BC #E142B6 #E16D42

monochromatic

#179275 #1FC69F #42E1BC #77E9CF #ACF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#42E1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1BC

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1BC	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebd0',
    500: '#42e1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1bc;
$custom-light: #8bebd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.038,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.14033,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1BC

secondary

#963149

accent

#3863EF

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1BC

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

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