#42E3BB#42E3BB

#42E3BB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.143 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42E3BB
RGBrgb(66, 227, 187)
HSLhsl(165, 74%, 57%)
HSVhsv(165, 71%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(70.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(81.66, -50.44, 7.68)
CIE-LCHlch(81.66, 51.02, 171.34°)
OKLaboklab(82.4% -0.1418 0.0195)
OKLCHoklch(82.4% 0.143 172.2)
XYZxyz(38.6809, 59.6798, 56.4848)
Luminance0.5968 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42E3BB #E3426A
analogous
#42E36A #42E3BB #42BBE3
triadic
#42E3BB #BB42E3 #E3BB42
tetradic
#42E3BB #6A42E3 #E3426A #BBE342
square
#42E3BB #6A42E3 #E3426A #BBE342
split-complementary
#42E3BB #E342BB #E36A42
monochromatic
#169575 #1ECA9F #42E3BB #77EBCE #ADF3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#42E3BB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94
#42E3BB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3BB
12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42E3BB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42E3BB1.001.6212.9412.94
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9421.001.001.00
##00000012.9421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCD4B9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6C5BE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E5D7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42e3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.143 172.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cedcf',
    500: '#42e3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42e3bb;
$custom-light: #8cedcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42e3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.093,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82395,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42E3BB
secondary
#99304A
accent
#3765F1
background
#FCFFFE
surface
#F5FEFB
border
#CFD6D4
text
#0E1613
muted
#7F8583

Preview Lab

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#42E3BB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva