#42E2BD#42E2BD

#42E2BD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.141 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2BD
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 189)
HSL	hsl(166, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 16.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -49.54, 6.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 49.93, 172.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.1399 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.141 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6237, 59.2206, 57.5294)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2BD #E24267

analogous

#42E26D #42E2BD #42B7E2

triadic

#42E2BD #BD42E2 #E2BD42

tetradic

#42E2BD #6D42E2 #E24267 #B7E242

square

#42E2BD #6D42E2 #E24267 #B7E242

split-complementary

#42E2BD #E242B7 #E26D42

monochromatic

#179376 #1FC8A1 #42E2BD #77EAD0 #ACF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#42E2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2BD

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2BD	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD3BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.141 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd0',
    500: '#42e2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2bd;
$custom-light: #8cecd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82205,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2BD

secondary

#983148

accent

#3862F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2BD

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

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