#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
RGBrgb(66, 234, 182)
HSLhsl(161, 80%, 59%)
HSVhsv(161, 72%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(71.8%, 0%, 22.2%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(83.64, -54.45, 13.13)
CIE-LCHlch(83.64, 56.01, 166.45°)
OKLaboklab(83.98% -0.1509 0.0336)
OKLCHoklch(83.98% 0.155 167.5)
XYZxyz(40.1085, 63.3766, 54.3660)
Luminance0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42EAB61.001.5413.6813.68
#FFFFFF1.541.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6821.001.001.00
##00000013.6821.001.001.00

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

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#42EAB6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva