#42E2BF#42E2BF

#42E2BF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2BF
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 191)
HSL	hsl(167, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -49.04, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 49.33, 173.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.139 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.14 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8423, 59.3080, 58.6806)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2BF #E24265

analogous

#42E26F #42E2BF #42B5E2

triadic

#42E2BF #BF42E2 #E2BF42

tetradic

#42E2BF #6F42E2 #E24265 #B5E242

square

#42E2BF #6F42E2 #E24265 #B5E242

split-complementary

#42E2BF #E242B5 #E26F42

monochromatic

#179378 #1FC8A3 #42E2BF #77EAD1 #ACF2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E2BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#42E2BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2BF

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2BF	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD4BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd2',
    500: '#42e2bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2bf;
$custom-light: #8cecd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8226,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2BF

secondary

#983147

accent

#3860F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2BF

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

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