#42E5AA#42E5AA

#42E5AA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.158 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E5AA
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 170)
HSL	hsl(158, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 25.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -55.16, 16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 57.70, 162.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.1515 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.158 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5177, 60.0948, 47.6446)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E5AA #E5427D

analogous

#42E558 #42E5AA #42CFE5

triadic

#42E5AA #AA42E5 #E5AA42

tetradic

#42E5AA #5842E5 #E5427D #CFE542

square

#42E5AA #5842E5 #E5427D #CFE542

split-complementary

#42E5AA #E542CF #E55842

monochromatic

#159868 #1CCE8D #42E5AA #78ECC2 #AEF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#42E5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#42E5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E5AA

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E5AA	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.158 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beec3',
    500: '#42e5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e5aa;
$custom-light: #8beec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.282,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82457,
    "c": 0.15759,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E5AA

secondary

#9C3057

accent

#357AF2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E5AA

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

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