#42E2C8#42E2C8

#42E2C8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2C8
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 200)
HSL	hsl(170, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 11.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -46.78, 0.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 46.79, 178.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.135 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.135 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8633, 59.7164, 64.0579)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2C8 #E2425C

analogous

#42E278 #42E2C8 #42ACE2

triadic

#42E2C8 #C842E2 #E2C842

tetradic

#42E2C8 #7842E2 #E2425C #ACE242

square

#42E2C8 #7842E2 #E2425C #ACE242

split-complementary

#42E2C8 #E242AC #E27842

monochromatic

#17937F #1FC8AD #42E2C8 #77EAD7 #ACF2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#42E2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2C8

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2C8	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecd8',
    500: '#42e2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2c8;
$custom-light: #8cecd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82516,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2C8

secondary

#983141

accent

#3856F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2C8

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

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