#42E2AB#42E2AB

#42E2AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.153 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2AB
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 171)
HSL	hsl(159, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 24.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -53.75, 15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 55.85, 164.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.1482 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.153 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7898, 58.4870, 47.8704)
Luminance	0.5849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2AB #E24279

analogous

#42E25B #42E2AB #42C9E2

triadic

#42E2AB #AB42E2 #E2AB42

tetradic

#42E2AB #5B42E2 #E24279 #C9E242

square

#42E2AB #5B42E2 #E24279 #C9E242

split-complementary

#42E2AB #E242C9 #E25B42

monochromatic

#179368 #1FC88E #42E2AB #77EAC3 #ACF2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E2AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#42E2AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2AB

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2AB	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.153 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc4',
    500: '#42e2ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2ab;
$custom-light: #8becc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81741,
    "c": 0.15316,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2AB

secondary

#983154

accent

#3877F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2AB

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

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