#42E2A5#42E2A5

#42E2A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.158 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2A5
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 165)
HSL	hsl(157, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 27%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -55.07, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 57.99, 161.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1509 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.158 163)
XYZ	xyz(36.2308, 58.2634, 44.9265)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2A5 #E2427F

analogous

#42E255 #42E2A5 #42CFE2

triadic

#42E2A5 #A542E2 #E2A542

tetradic

#42E2A5 #5542E2 #E2427F #CFE242

square

#42E2A5 #5542E2 #E2427F #CFE242

split-complementary

#42E2A5 #E242CF #E25542

monochromatic

#179364 #1FC888 #42E2A5 #77EABE #ACF2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#42E2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2A5

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2A5	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.158 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becbf',
    500: '#42e2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2a5;
$custom-light: #8becbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81598,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.58268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2A5

secondary

#983158

accent

#387EF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2A5

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

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