#42E3BE#42E3BE

#42E3BE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 173.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E3BE
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 190)
HSL	hsl(166, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 16.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -49.71, 6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 50.09, 172.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.1405 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.141 173.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0054, 59.8096, 58.1939)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E3BE #E34267

analogous

#42E36D #42E3BE #42B8E3

triadic

#42E3BE #BE42E3 #E3BE42

tetradic

#42E3BE #6D42E3 #E34267 #B8E342

square

#42E3BE #6D42E3 #E34267 #B8E342

split-complementary

#42E3BE #E342B8 #E36D42

monochromatic

#169577 #1ECAA2 #42E3BE #77EBD0 #ADF3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#42E3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3BE

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E3BE	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 173.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cedd1',
    500: '#42e3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e3be;
$custom-light: #8cedd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.211,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82476,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 173.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E3BE

secondary

#993048

accent

#3762F1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E3BE

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

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