#42E2A2#42E2A2

#42E2A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.160 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2A2
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 162)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 28.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -55.72, 19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 59.08, 160.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.1523 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.16 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9609, 58.1555, 43.5053)
Luminance	0.5816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2A2 #E24282

analogous

#42E252 #42E2A2 #42D2E2

triadic

#42E2A2 #A242E2 #E2A242

tetradic

#42E2A2 #5242E2 #E24282 #D2E242

square

#42E2A2 #5242E2 #E24282 #D2E242

split-complementary

#42E2A2 #E242D2 #E25242

monochromatic

#179361 #1FC884 #42E2A2 #77EABC #ACF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E2A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#42E2A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2A2

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2A2	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.160 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becbd',
    500: '#42e2a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2a2;
$custom-light: #8becbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81529,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2A2

secondary

#98315A

accent

#3881F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2A2

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

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