#42E4AF#42E4AF

#42E4AF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.153 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E4AF
RGB	rgb(66, 228, 175)
HSL	hsl(160, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 23.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -53.65, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 55.46, 165.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.1483 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.153 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7238, 59.7358, 50.0911)
Luminance	0.5974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E4AF #E44277

analogous

#42E45E #42E4AF #42C8E4

triadic

#42E4AF #AF42E4 #E4AF42

tetradic

#42E4AF #5E42E4 #E44277 #C8E442

square

#42E4AF #5E42E4 #E44277 #C8E442

split-complementary

#42E4AF #E442C8 #E45E42

monochromatic

#15966C #1DCC93 #42E4AF #78ECC6 #ADF3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#42E4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E4AF

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E4AF	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)

#DFD4AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 228, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.153 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedc7',
    500: '#42e4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e4af;
$custom-light: #8bedc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.37,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82331,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E4AF

secondary

#9A3053

accent

#3674F2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E4AF

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

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