#42E6BC#42E6BC

#42E6BC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.146 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E6BC
RGB	rgb(66, 230, 188)
HSL	hsl(165, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(165, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 18.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -51.43, 8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 52.12, 170.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.1443 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.146 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.6160, 61.3781, 57.3265)
Luminance	0.6138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E6BC #E6426C

analogous

#42E66A #42E6BC #42BEE6

triadic

#42E6BC #BC42E6 #E6BC42

tetradic

#42E6BC #6A42E6 #E6426C #BEE642

square

#42E6BC #6A42E6 #E6426C #BEE642

split-complementary

#42E6BC #E642BE #E66A42

monochromatic

#149977 #1BCFA1 #42E6BC #78EDCF #AEF4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#42E6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E6BC

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E6BC	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD7BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 230, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.146 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cefd0',
    500: '#42e6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e6bc;
$custom-light: #8cefd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.634,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83154,
    "c": 0.14589,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E6BC

secondary

#9D2F4B

accent

#3565F3

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E6BC

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

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