#42E2A8#42E2A8

#42E2A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.155 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2A8
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 168)
HSL	hsl(158, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 25.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -54.42, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 56.91, 162.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.1495 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.155 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5070, 58.3739, 46.3815)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2A8 #E2427C

analogous

#42E258 #42E2A8 #42CCE2

triadic

#42E2A8 #A842E2 #E2A842

tetradic

#42E2A8 #5842E2 #E2427C #CCE242

square

#42E2A8 #5842E2 #E2427C #CCE242

split-complementary

#42E2A8 #E242CC #E25842

monochromatic

#179366 #1FC88B #42E2A8 #77EAC0 #ACF2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E2A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#42E2A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2A8

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2A8	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DED2A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.155 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc2',
    500: '#42e2a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2a8;
$custom-light: #8becc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.15548,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2A8

secondary

#983156

accent

#387BF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2A8

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

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