#42E2AC#42E2AC

#42E2AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.152 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2AC
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 172)
HSL	hsl(160, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 23.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -53.53, 14.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 55.50, 164.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1477 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.152 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8854, 58.5253, 48.3743)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2AC #E24278

analogous

#42E25C #42E2AC #42C8E2

triadic

#42E2AC #AC42E2 #E2AC42

tetradic

#42E2AC #5C42E2 #E24278 #C8E242

square

#42E2AC #5C42E2 #E24278 #C8E242

split-complementary

#42E2AC #E242C8 #E25C42

monochromatic

#179369 #1FC88F #42E2AC #77EAC3 #ACF2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#42E2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2AC

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2AC	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.152 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc4',
    500: '#42e2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2ac;
$custom-light: #8becc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81765,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2AC

secondary

#983153

accent

#3876F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2AC

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

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