#42E2C2#42E2C2

#42E2C2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.138 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2C2
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 194)
HSL	hsl(168, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 14.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -48.30, 3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 48.45, 175.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.1377 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.138 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1758, 59.4414, 60.4371)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2C2 #E24262

analogous

#42E272 #42E2C2 #42B2E2

triadic

#42E2C2 #C242E2 #E2C242

tetradic

#42E2C2 #7242E2 #E24262 #B2E242

square

#42E2C2 #7242E2 #E24262 #B2E242

split-complementary

#42E2C2 #E242B2 #E27242

monochromatic

#17937A #1FC8A6 #42E2C2 #77EAD3 #ACF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#42E2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2C2

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2C2	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD4C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C4C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.138 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd4',
    500: '#42e2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2c2;
$custom-light: #8cecd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82344,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2C2

secondary

#983145

accent

#385DF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2C2

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

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