#42E2B5#42E2B5

#42E2B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.146 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2B5
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 181)
HSL	hsl(163, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 19.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -51.45, 10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 52.46, 168.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.1436 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.146 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7792, 58.8828, 53.0815)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2B5 #E2426F

analogous

#42E265 #42E2B5 #42BFE2

triadic

#42E2B5 #B542E2 #E2B542

tetradic

#42E2B5 #6542E2 #E2426F #BFE242

square

#42E2B5 #6542E2 #E2426F #BFE242

split-complementary

#42E2B5 #E242BF #E26542

monochromatic

#179370 #1FC898 #42E2B5 #77EACA #ACF2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#42E2B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2B5

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2B5	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.146 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beccb',
    500: '#42e2b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2b5;
$custom-light: #8beccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81992,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2B5

secondary

#98314E

accent

#386CF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2B5

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

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