#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
RGBrgb(66, 230, 176)
HSLhsl(160, 77%, 58%)
HSVhsv(160, 71%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(71.3%, 0%, 23.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(82.32, -54.22, 14.40)
CIE-LCHlch(82.32, 56.10, 165.13°)
OKLaboklab(82.85% -0.1498 0.0368)
OKLCHoklch(82.85% 0.154 166.2)
XYZxyz(38.3758, 60.8820, 50.7948)
Luminance0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42E6B01.001.5913.1813.18
#FFFFFF1.591.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1821.001.001.00
##00000013.1821.001.001.00

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

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#42E6B0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva