#42E2C3#42E2C3

#42E2C3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2C3
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 195)
HSL	hsl(168, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(168, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 13.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -48.05, 3.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 48.16, 176.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.37% -0.1372 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(82.37% 0.137 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2885, 59.4865, 61.0306)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2C3 #E24261

analogous

#42E273 #42E2C3 #42B1E2

triadic

#42E2C3 #C342E2 #E2C342

tetradic

#42E2C3 #7342E2 #E24261 #B1E242

square

#42E2C3 #7342E2 #E24261 #B1E242

split-complementary

#42E2C3 #E242B1 #E27342

monochromatic

#17937B #1FC8A7 #42E2C3 #77EAD4 #ACF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E2C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#42E2C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2C3

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2C3	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D4C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd5',
    500: '#42e2c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2c3;
$custom-light: #8cecd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82372,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2C3

secondary

#983145

accent

#385BF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2C3

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

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