#42E7B4#42E7B4

#42E7B4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.152 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E7B4
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 180)
HSL	hsl(161, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(161, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 22.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -53.71, 12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 55.22, 166.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.1489 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.152 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0564, 61.6008, 53.0029)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E7B4 #E74275

analogous

#42E762 #42E7B4 #42C7E7

triadic

#42E7B4 #B442E7 #E7B442

tetradic

#42E7B4 #6242E7 #E74275 #C7E742

square

#42E7B4 #6242E7 #E74275 #C7E742

split-complementary

#42E7B4 #E742C7 #E76242

monochromatic

#149B71 #1BD199 #42E7B4 #78EECA #AFF5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#42E7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E7B4

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E7B4	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D7B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.152 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cefca',
    500: '#42e7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e7b4;
$custom-light: #8cefca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.455,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83192,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E7B4

secondary

#9E2F51

accent

#346FF4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E7B4

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

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