#42E2BA#42E2BA

#42E2BA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2BA
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 186)
HSL	hsl(165, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 17.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -50.26, 7.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 50.86, 171.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.1413 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.143 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3015, 59.0917, 55.8321)
Luminance	0.5910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2BA #E2426A

analogous

#42E26A #42E2BA #42BAE2

triadic

#42E2BA #BA42E2 #E2BA42

tetradic

#42E2BA #6A42E2 #E2426A #BAE242

square

#42E2BA #6A42E2 #E2426A #BAE242

split-complementary

#42E2BA #E242BA #E26A42

monochromatic

#179374 #1FC89E #42E2BA #77EACD #ACF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#42E2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2BA

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2BA	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becce',
    500: '#42e2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2ba;
$custom-light: #8becce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82124,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2BA

secondary

#98314A

accent

#3866F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2BA

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

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