#42E2B8#42E2B8

#42E2B8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2B8
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 184)
HSL	hsl(164, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 18.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -50.74, 8.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 51.49, 170.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.1422 0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.144 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0903, 59.0072, 54.7202)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2B8 #E2426C

analogous

#42E268 #42E2B8 #42BCE2

triadic

#42E2B8 #B842E2 #E2B842

tetradic

#42E2B8 #6842E2 #E2426C #BCE242

square

#42E2B8 #6842E2 #E2426C #BCE242

split-complementary

#42E2B8 #E242BC #E26842

monochromatic

#179372 #1FC89C #42E2B8 #77EACC #ACF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#42E2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2B8

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2B8	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beccd',
    500: '#42e2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2b8;
$custom-light: #8beccd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8207,
    "c": 0.14395,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2B8

secondary

#98314C

accent

#3868F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2B8

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

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