#42E7A6#42E7A6

#42E7A6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.163 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E7A6
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 166)
HSL	hsl(156, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 28.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.41, -56.81, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.41, 60.14, 160.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.1553 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.163 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7016, 61.0589, 45.8676)
Luminance	0.6106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E7A6 #E74283

analogous

#42E753 #42E7A6 #42D5E7

triadic

#42E7A6 #A642E7 #E7A642

tetradic

#42E7A6 #5342E7 #E74283 #D5E742

square

#42E7A6 #5342E7 #E74283 #D5E742

split-complementary

#42E7A6 #E742D5 #E75342

monochromatic

#149B66 #1BD189 #42E7A6 #78EEC0 #AFF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E7A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#42E7A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E7A6

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E7A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E7A6	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D6A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e7a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.163 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0c0',
    500: '#42e7a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e7a6;
$custom-light: #8cf0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e7a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82858,
    "c": 0.16324,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E7A6

secondary

#9E2F5B

accent

#3480F4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E7A6

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

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