#42E8A7#42E8A7

#42E8A7 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.164 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E8A7
RGB	rgb(66, 232, 167)
HSL	hsl(157, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(157, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 28%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -56.98, 19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 60.28, 160.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.1558 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.164 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0744, 61.6571, 46.4461)
Luminance	0.6166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E8A7 #E84283

analogous

#42E854 #42E8A7 #42D6E8

triadic

#42E8A7 #A742E8 #E8A742

tetradic

#42E8A7 #5442E8 #E84283 #D6E842

square

#42E8A7 #5442E8 #E84283 #D6E842

split-complementary

#42E8A7 #E842D6 #E85442

monochromatic

#139D67 #1AD38B #42E8A7 #79EFC0 #AFF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#42E8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E8A7

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E8A7	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 232, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.164 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0c1',
    500: '#42e8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e8a7;
$custom-light: #8cf0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.506,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83127,
    "c": 0.16366,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E8A7

secondary

#A02F5B

accent

#337FF5

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E8A7

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

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