#42E8BD#42E8BD

#42E8BD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.147 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E8BD
RGB	rgb(66, 232, 189)
HSL	hsl(164, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 18.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -52.01, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 52.75, 170.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.1458 0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.148 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2839, 62.5409, 58.0828)
Luminance	0.6255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E8BD #E8426D

analogous

#42E86A #42E8BD #42C0E8

triadic

#42E8BD #BD42E8 #E8BD42

tetradic

#42E8BD #6A42E8 #E8426D #C0E842

square

#42E8BD #6A42E8 #E8426D #C0E842

split-complementary

#42E8BD #E842C0 #E86A42

monochromatic

#139D79 #1AD3A3 #42E8BD #79EFD0 #AFF5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#42E8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#42E8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E8BD

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E8BD	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EADC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 232, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.147 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df0d0',
    500: '#42e8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e8bd;
$custom-light: #8df0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.458,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83668,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E8BD

secondary

#A02F4C

accent

#3365F5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E8BD

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

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