#42E2B9#42E2B9

#42E2B9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2B9
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 185)
HSL	hsl(165, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 18.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, -50.50, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 51.17, 170.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.1418 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.143 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1955, 59.0493, 55.2742)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2B9 #E2426B

analogous

#42E269 #42E2B9 #42BBE2

triadic

#42E2B9 #B942E2 #E2B942

tetradic

#42E2B9 #6942E2 #E2426B #BBE242

square

#42E2B9 #6942E2 #E2426B #BBE242

split-complementary

#42E2B9 #E242BB #E26942

monochromatic

#179373 #1FC89D #42E2B9 #77EACD #ACF2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#42E2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2B9

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2B9	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD3B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becce',
    500: '#42e2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2b9;
$custom-light: #8becce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82097,
    "c": 0.1433,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2B9

secondary

#98314B

accent

#3867F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2B9

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

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