#42E6B0#42E6B0

#42E6B0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.154 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E6B0
RGB	rgb(66, 230, 176)
HSL	hsl(160, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(160, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 23.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -54.22, 14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 56.10, 165.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.1498 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.154 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3758, 60.8820, 50.7948)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E6B0 #E64278

analogous

#42E65E #42E6B0 #42CAE6

triadic

#42E6B0 #B042E6 #E6B042

tetradic

#42E6B0 #5E42E6 #E64278 #CAE642

square

#42E6B0 #5E42E6 #E64278 #CAE642

split-complementary

#42E6B0 #E642CA #E65E42

monochromatic

#14996E #1BCF94 #42E6B0 #78EDC7 #AEF4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E6B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#42E6B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E6B0

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E6B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E6B0	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e6b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 230, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.154 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cefc7',
    500: '#42e6b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e6b0;
$custom-light: #8cefc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e6b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.244,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82847,
    "c": 0.15422,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E6B0

secondary

#9D2F53

accent

#3573F3

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E6B0

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

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