#42E4AD#42E4AD

#42E4AD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.154 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E4AD
RGB	rgb(66, 228, 173)
HSL	hsl(160, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 24.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -54.10, 15.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 56.15, 164.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.1492 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.154 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5288, 59.6578, 49.0643)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E4AD #E44279

analogous

#42E45C #42E4AD #42CAE4

triadic

#42E4AD #AD42E4 #E4AD42

tetradic

#42E4AD #5C42E4 #E44279 #CAE442

square

#42E4AD #5C42E4 #E44279 #CAE442

split-complementary

#42E4AD #E442CA #E45C42

monochromatic

#15966A #1DCC90 #42E4AD #78ECC4 #ADF3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#42E4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E4AD

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E4AD	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC5B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 228, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.154 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedc5',
    500: '#42e4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e4ad;
$custom-light: #8bedc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.63,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82282,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E4AD

secondary

#9A3054

accent

#3676F2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E4AD

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

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