#42EAAF#42EAAF

#42EAAF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.160 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAAF
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 175)
HSL	hsl(159, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 25.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -56.02, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 58.42, 163.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.1541 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.16 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4031, 63.0944, 50.6509)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAAF #EA427D

analogous

#42EA5B #42EAAF #42D1EA

triadic

#42EAAF #AF42EA #EAAF42

tetradic

#42EAAF #5B42EA #EA427D #D1EA42

square

#42EAAF #5B42EA #EA427D #D1EA42

split-complementary

#42EAAF #EA42D1 #EA5B42

monochromatic

#12A06E #18D794 #42EAAF #79F0C6 #B0F6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EAAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#42EAAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAAF

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAAF	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0CAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EADA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eaaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.160 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf2c7',
    500: '#42eaaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eaaf;
$custom-light: #8cf2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eaaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.929,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83806,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAAF

secondary

#A22E57

accent

#3177F6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAAF

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

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