#42E6A7#42E6A7

#42E6A7 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.161 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E6A7
RGB	rgb(66, 230, 167)
HSL	hsl(157, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 27.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -56.20, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 59.28, 161.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.1539 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.161 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.5146, 60.5375, 46.2595)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E6A7 #E64281

analogous

#42E655 #42E6A7 #42D3E6

triadic

#42E6A7 #A742E6 #E6A742

tetradic

#42E6A7 #5542E6 #E64281 #D3E642

square

#42E6A7 #5542E6 #E64281 #D3E642

split-complementary

#42E6A7 #E642D3 #E65542

monochromatic

#149966 #1BCF8A #42E6A7 #78EDC0 #AEF4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E6A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#42E6A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E6A7

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E6A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E6A7	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D5A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e6a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 230, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.161 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cefc1',
    500: '#42e6a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e6a7;
$custom-light: #8cefc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e6a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.951,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82634,
    "c": 0.1612,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E6A7

secondary

#9D2F59

accent

#357EF3

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E6A7

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

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