#42E8A3#42E8A3

#42E8A3 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.167 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E8A3
RGB	rgb(66, 232, 163)
HSL	hsl(155, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 29.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.65, -57.82, 21.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.65, 61.74, 159.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.1577 0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.167 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7103, 61.5114, 44.5287)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E8A3 #E84287

analogous

#42E850 #42E8A3 #42DAE8

triadic

#42E8A3 #A342E8 #E8A342

tetradic

#42E8A3 #5042E8 #E84287 #DAE842

square

#42E8A3 #5042E8 #E84287 #DAE842

split-complementary

#42E8A3 #E842DA #E85042

monochromatic

#139D63 #1AD386 #42E8A3 #79EFBE #AFF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#42E8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E8A3

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E8A3	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)

#E5D79F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C8A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 232, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.167 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0be',
    500: '#42e8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e8a3;
$custom-light: #8cf0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.06,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83038,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E8A3

secondary

#A02F5E

accent

#3384F5

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E8A3

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

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