#42E3BD#42E3BD

#42E3BD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.142 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E3BD
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 189)
HSL	hsl(166, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 16.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -49.95, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 50.40, 172.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% -0.1409 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.142 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.8965, 59.7660, 57.6203)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E3BD #E34268

analogous

#42E36D #42E3BD #42B8E3

triadic

#42E3BD #BD42E3 #E3BD42

tetradic

#42E3BD #6D42E3 #E34268 #B8E342

square

#42E3BD #6D42E3 #E34268 #B8E342

split-complementary

#42E3BD #E342B8 #E36D42

monochromatic

#169577 #1ECAA1 #42E3BD #77EBD0 #ADF3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#42E3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3BD

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E3BD	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)

#DCD4BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.142 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cedd0',
    500: '#42e3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e3bd;
$custom-light: #8cedd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.839,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82449,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E3BD

secondary

#993049

accent

#3763F1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E3BD

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

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