#42EAAD#42EAAD

#42EAAD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.161 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAAD
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 173)
HSL	hsl(158, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(158, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 26.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -56.46, 17.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 59.13, 162.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83.76% -0.155 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(83.76% 0.161 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2081, 63.0164, 49.6241)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAAD #EA427F

analogous

#42EA59 #42EAAD #42D3EA

triadic

#42EAAD #AD42EA #EAAD42

tetradic

#42EAAD #5942EA #EA427F #D3EA42

square

#42EAAD #5942EA #EA427F #D3EA42

split-complementary

#42EAAD #EA42D3 #EA5942

monochromatic

#12A06C #18D792 #42EAAD #79F0C5 #B0F6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EAAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#42EAAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAAD

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAAD	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0CAB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eaad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.161 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf2c5',
    500: '#42eaad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eaad;
$custom-light: #8cf2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eaad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.214,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83759,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAAD

secondary

#A22E58

accent

#3179F6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAAD

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

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