#42E2AA#42E2AA

#42E2AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.154 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2AA
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 170)
HSL	hsl(159, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 24.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -53.97, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 56.20, 163.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.1486 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.154 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6948, 58.4490, 47.3703)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2AA #E2427A

analogous

#42E25A #42E2AA #42CAE2

triadic

#42E2AA #AA42E2 #E2AA42

tetradic

#42E2AA #5A42E2 #E2427A #CAE242

square

#42E2AA #5A42E2 #E2427A #CAE242

split-complementary

#42E2AA #E242CA #E25A42

monochromatic

#179367 #1FC88D #42E2AA #77EAC2 #ACF2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#42E2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2AA

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2AA	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.154 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc3',
    500: '#42e2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2aa;
$custom-light: #8becc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81716,
    "c": 0.15393,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2AA

secondary

#983155

accent

#3878F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2AA

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

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