#42E2C4#42E2C4

#42E2C4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2C4
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 196)
HSL	hsl(169, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 13.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -47.80, 2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 47.88, 176.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.1368 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.137 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4020, 59.5319, 61.6280)
Luminance	0.5954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2C4 #E24260

analogous

#42E274 #42E2C4 #42B0E2

triadic

#42E2C4 #C442E2 #E2C442

tetradic

#42E2C4 #7442E2 #E24260 #B0E242

square

#42E2C4 #7442E2 #E24260 #B0E242

split-complementary

#42E2C4 #E242B0 #E27442

monochromatic

#17937C #1FC8A8 #42E2C4 #77EAD5 #ACF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#42E2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2C4

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2C4	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D4C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd5',
    500: '#42e2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2c4;
$custom-light: #8cecd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82401,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2C4

secondary

#983144

accent

#385AF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2C4

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

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