#42E5CA#42E5CA

#42E5CA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E5CA
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 202)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(170, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 11.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -47.55, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 47.56, 178.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.137 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.137 179)
XYZ	xyz(40.9215, 61.4563, 65.5712)
Luminance	0.6146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E5CA #E5425D

analogous

#42E578 #42E5CA #42AFE5

triadic

#42E5CA #CA42E5 #E5CA42

tetradic

#42E5CA #7842E5 #E5425D #AFE542

square

#42E5CA #7842E5 #E5425D #AFE542

split-complementary

#42E5CA #E542AF #E57842

monochromatic

#159882 #1CCEB0 #42E5CA #78ECD9 #AEF4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#42E5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E5CA

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E5CA	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deeda',
    500: '#42e5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e5ca;
$custom-light: #8deeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.061,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.833,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.61461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E5CA

secondary

#9C3042

accent

#3555F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E5CA

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

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