#42E2BE#42E2BE

#42E2BE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2BE
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 190)
HSL	hsl(167, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 15.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -49.29, 5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 49.63, 173.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.1395 0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.14 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7327, 59.2641, 58.1030)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2BE #E24266

analogous

#42E26E #42E2BE #42B6E2

triadic

#42E2BE #BE42E2 #E2BE42

tetradic

#42E2BE #6E42E2 #E24266 #B6E242

square

#42E2BE #6E42E2 #E24266 #B6E242

split-complementary

#42E2BE #E242B6 #E26E42

monochromatic

#179377 #1FC8A2 #42E2BE #77EAD0 #ACF2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#42E2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2BE

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2BE	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)

#DAD4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd1',
    500: '#42e2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2be;
$custom-light: #8cecd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82233,
    "c": 0.14024,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2BE

secondary

#983148

accent

#3861F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2BE

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

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