#42E2BC#42E2BC

#42E2BC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2BC
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 188)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 16.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -49.78, 6.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 50.24, 172.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.1404 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.141 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5156, 59.1773, 56.9597)
Luminance	0.5918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2BC #E24268

analogous

#42E26C #42E2BC #42B8E2

triadic

#42E2BC #BC42E2 #E2BC42

tetradic

#42E2BC #6C42E2 #E24268 #B8E242

square

#42E2BC #6C42E2 #E24268 #B8E242

split-complementary

#42E2BC #E242B8 #E26C42

monochromatic

#179375 #1FC8A0 #42E2BC #77EACF #ACF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#42E2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2BC

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2BC	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD3BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd0',
    500: '#42e2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2bc;
$custom-light: #8cecd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82178,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2BC

secondary

#983149

accent

#3864F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2BC

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

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