#42E2B4#42E2B4

#42E2B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.147 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2B4
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 180)
HSL	hsl(163, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 20.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -51.69, 10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 52.79, 168.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.144 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.147 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6770, 58.8419, 52.5431)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2B4 #E24270

analogous

#42E264 #42E2B4 #42C0E2

triadic

#42E2B4 #B442E2 #E2B442

tetradic

#42E2B4 #6442E2 #E24270 #C0E242

square

#42E2B4 #6442E2 #E24270 #C0E242

split-complementary

#42E2B4 #E242C0 #E26442

monochromatic

#17936F #1FC897 #42E2B4 #77EAC9 #ACF2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#42E2B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2B4

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2B4	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C3B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.147 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becca',
    500: '#42e2b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2b4;
$custom-light: #8becca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81966,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2B4

secondary

#98314E

accent

#386DF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2B4

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

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