#42E2AE#42E2AE

#42E2AE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.151 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2AE
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 174)
HSL	hsl(161, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 23%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -53.08, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 54.81, 165.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.1468 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.151 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0789, 58.6027, 49.3935)
Luminance	0.5861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2AE #E24276

analogous

#42E25E #42E2AE #42C6E2

triadic

#42E2AE #AE42E2 #E2AE42

tetradic

#42E2AE #5E42E2 #E24276 #C6E242

square

#42E2AE #5E42E2 #E24276 #C6E242

split-complementary

#42E2AE #E242C6 #E25E42

monochromatic

#17936B #1FC891 #42E2AE #77EAC5 #ACF2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E2AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#42E2AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2AE

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2AE	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.151 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc6',
    500: '#42e2ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2ae;
$custom-light: #8becc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81814,
    "c": 0.15092,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2AE

secondary

#983152

accent

#3874F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2AE

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

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