#42E3BC#42E3BC

#42E3BC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.143 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E3BC
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 17.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -50.19, 7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 50.71, 171.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.1414 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.143 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.7883, 59.7227, 57.0506)
Luminance	0.5973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E3BC #E34269

analogous

#42E36C #42E3BC #42B9E3

triadic

#42E3BC #BC42E3 #E3BC42

tetradic

#42E3BC #6C42E3 #E34269 #B9E342

square

#42E3BC #6C42E3 #E34269 #B9E342

split-complementary

#42E3BC #E342B9 #E36C42

monochromatic

#169576 #1ECAA0 #42E3BC #77EBCF #ADF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#42E3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3BC

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E3BC	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.143 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cedd0',
    500: '#42e3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e3bc;
$custom-light: #8cedd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.466,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82422,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E3BC

secondary

#99304A

accent

#3764F1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E3BC

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

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