#42E2BB#42E2BB

#42E2BB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.142 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2BB
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 187)
HSL	hsl(165, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 17.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, -50.02, 7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 50.55, 171.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.1408 0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.142 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4081, 59.1343, 56.3939)
Luminance	0.5914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2BB #E24269

analogous

#42E26B #42E2BB #42B9E2

triadic

#42E2BB #BB42E2 #E2BB42

tetradic

#42E2BB #6B42E2 #E24269 #B9E242

square

#42E2BB #6B42E2 #E24269 #B9E242

split-complementary

#42E2BB #E242B9 #E26B42

monochromatic

#179375 #1FC89F #42E2BB #77EACE #ACF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#42E2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2BB

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2BB	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.142 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ceccf',
    500: '#42e2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2bb;
$custom-light: #8ceccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82151,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2BB

secondary

#98314A

accent

#3865F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2BB

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

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