#42E2A6#42E2A6

#42E2A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.157 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2A6
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 166)
HSL	hsl(158, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 26.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -54.86, 17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 57.63, 162.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.1505 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.157 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3222, 58.2999, 45.4077)
Luminance	0.5830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2A6 #E2427E

analogous

#42E256 #42E2A6 #42CEE2

triadic

#42E2A6 #A642E2 #E2A642

tetradic

#42E2A6 #5642E2 #E2427E #CEE242

square

#42E2A6 #5642E2 #E2427E #CEE242

split-complementary

#42E2A6 #E242CE #E25642

monochromatic

#179364 #1FC889 #42E2A6 #77EABF #ACF2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E2A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#42E2A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2A6

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2A6	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED2A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC3AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.157 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc0',
    500: '#42e2a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2a6;
$custom-light: #8becc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81622,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2A6

secondary

#983157

accent

#387DF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2A6

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

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