#42EAB6#42EAB6

#42EAB6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.155 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAB6
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 182)
HSL	hsl(161, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(161, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 22.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -54.45, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 56.01, 166.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.1509 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.155 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1085, 63.3766, 54.3660)
Luminance	0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAB6 #EA4276

analogous

#42EA62 #42EAB6 #42CAEA

triadic

#42EAB6 #B642EA #EAB642

tetradic

#42EAB6 #6242EA #EA4276 #CAEA42

square

#42EAB6 #6242EA #EA4276 #CAEA42

split-complementary

#42EAB6 #EA42CA #EA6242

monochromatic

#12A074 #18D79C #42EAB6 #79F0CB #B0F6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#42EAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAB6

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAB6	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DAB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFCAB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.155 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df2cc',
    500: '#42eab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eab6;
$custom-light: #8df2cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.429,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83976,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAB6

secondary

#A22E52

accent

#316EF6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAB6

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

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