#42E2A0#42E2A0

#42E2A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.162 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2A0
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 160)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 29.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -56.14, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 59.81, 159.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.1532 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.162 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7846, 58.0849, 42.5765)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2A0 #E24284

analogous

#42E250 #42E2A0 #42D4E2

triadic

#42E2A0 #A042E2 #E2A042

tetradic

#42E2A0 #5042E2 #E24284 #D4E242

square

#42E2A0 #5042E2 #E24284 #D4E242

split-complementary

#42E2A0 #E242D4 #E25042

monochromatic

#179360 #1FC882 #42E2A0 #77EABB #ACF2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E2A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#42E2A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2A0

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2A0	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC3A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.162 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becbc',
    500: '#42e2a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2a0;
$custom-light: #8becbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81484,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2A0

secondary

#98315B

accent

#3884F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2A0

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

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