#42E2AD#42E2AD

#42E2AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.152 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2AD
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 23.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -53.30, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 55.16, 165.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.1473 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.152 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9818, 58.5638, 48.8820)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2AD #E24277

analogous

#42E25D #42E2AD #42C7E2

triadic

#42E2AD #AD42E2 #E2AD42

tetradic

#42E2AD #5D42E2 #E24277 #C7E242

square

#42E2AD #5D42E2 #E24277 #C7E242

split-complementary

#42E2AD #E242C7 #E25D42

monochromatic

#17936A #1FC890 #42E2AD #77EAC4 #ACF2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#42E2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2AD

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2AD	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)

#DDD2AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.152 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc5',
    500: '#42e2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2ad;
$custom-light: #8becc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2AD

secondary

#983153

accent

#3875F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2AD

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

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