#42E7B2#42E7B2

#42E7B2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.154 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E7B2
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 178)
HSL	hsl(161, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 22.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -54.17, 13.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 55.90, 165.68°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.1498 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.154 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8542, 61.5199, 51.9376)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E7B2 #E74277

analogous

#42E75F #42E7B2 #42CAE7

triadic

#42E7B2 #B242E7 #E7B242

tetradic

#42E7B2 #5F42E7 #E74277 #CAE742

square

#42E7B2 #5F42E7 #E74277 #CAE742

split-complementary

#42E7B2 #E742CA #E75F42

monochromatic

#149B6F #1BD197 #42E7B2 #78EEC8 #AFF5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#42E7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E7B2

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E7B2	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D7AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC7B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.154 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cefc9',
    500: '#42e7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e7b2;
$custom-light: #8cefc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83142,
    "c": 0.15395,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E7B2

secondary

#9E2F53

accent

#3472F4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E7B2

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

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