#42E2A3#42E2A3

#42E2A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.159 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2A3
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 163)
HSL	hsl(156, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 27.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -55.50, 19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 58.71, 160.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.1519 0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.159 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.0502, 58.1912, 43.9753)
Luminance	0.5819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2A3 #E24281

analogous

#42E253 #42E2A3 #42D1E2

triadic

#42E2A3 #A342E2 #E2A342

tetradic

#42E2A3 #5342E2 #E24281 #D1E242

square

#42E2A3 #5342E2 #E24281 #D1E242

split-complementary

#42E2A3 #E242D1 #E25342

monochromatic

#179362 #1FC885 #42E2A3 #77EABD #ACF2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E2A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#42E2A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2A3

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2A3	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED19F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.159 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becbe',
    500: '#42e2a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2a3;
$custom-light: #8becbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81552,
    "c": 0.15947,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2A3

secondary

#983159

accent

#3880F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2A3

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

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