#42EAB5#42EAB5

#42EAB5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.155 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAB5
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 181)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 22.6%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -54.68, 13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 56.35, 166.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.1514 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.155 167)
XYZ	xyz(40.0055, 63.3354, 53.8236)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAB5 #EA4277

analogous

#42EA61 #42EAB5 #42CBEA

triadic

#42EAB5 #B542EA #EAB542

tetradic

#42EAB5 #6142EA #EA4277 #CBEA42

square

#42EAB5 #6142EA #EA4277 #CBEA42

split-complementary

#42EAB5 #EA42CB #EA6142

monochromatic

#12A073 #18D79B #42EAB5 #79F0CB #B0F6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#42EAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAB5

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAB5	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.155 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df2cb',
    500: '#42eab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eab5;
$custom-light: #8df2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.071,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83952,
    "c": 0.15531,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.6334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAB5

secondary

#A22E53

accent

#3170F6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAB5

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

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