#42EAB4#42EAB4

#42EAB4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.156 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAB4
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 180)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 23.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -54.91, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 56.69, 165.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.1518 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.156 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9033, 63.2945, 53.2852)
Luminance	0.6330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAB4 #EA4278

analogous

#42EA60 #42EAB4 #42CCEA

triadic

#42EAB4 #B442EA #EAB442

tetradic

#42EAB4 #6042EA #EA4278 #CCEA42

square

#42EAB4 #6042EA #EA4278 #CCEA42

split-complementary

#42EAB4 #EA42CC #EA6042

monochromatic

#12A072 #18D79A #42EAB4 #79F0CA #B0F6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#42EAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAB4

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAB4	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.156 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df2ca',
    500: '#42eab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eab4;
$custom-light: #8df2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.714,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83927,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAB4

secondary

#A22E53

accent

#3171F6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAB4

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

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