#42E2B0#42E2B0

#42E2B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.149 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2B0
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 176)
HSL	hsl(161, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 22.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -52.62, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 54.13, 166.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.1459 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.149 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2754, 58.6812, 50.4280)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2B0 #E24274

analogous

#42E260 #42E2B0 #42C4E2

triadic

#42E2B0 #B042E2 #E2B042

tetradic

#42E2B0 #6042E2 #E24274 #C4E242

square

#42E2B0 #6042E2 #E24274 #C4E242

split-complementary

#42E2B0 #E242C4 #E26042

monochromatic

#17936C #1FC893 #42E2B0 #77EAC6 #ACF2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E2B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#42E2B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2B0

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2B0	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD2AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.149 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becc7',
    500: '#42e2b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2b0;
$custom-light: #8becc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81864,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2B0

secondary

#983151

accent

#3871F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF9

border

#CED6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2B0

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

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