#42EAB7#42EAB7

#42EAB7 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.154 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAB7
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 183)
HSL	hsl(162, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -54.22, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 55.67, 166.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84% -0.1504 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(84% 0.154 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2122, 63.4181, 54.9122)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAB7 #EA4275

analogous

#42EA63 #42EAB7 #42C9EA

triadic

#42EAB7 #B742EA #EAB742

tetradic

#42EAB7 #6342EA #EA4275 #C9EA42

square

#42EAB7 #6342EA #EA4275 #C9EA42

split-complementary

#42EAB7 #EA42C9 #EA6342

monochromatic

#12A075 #18D79D #42EAB7 #79F0CC #B0F6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#42EAB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#42EAB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAB7

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAB7	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	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)

#E4DAB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eab7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.154 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df2cc',
    500: '#42eab7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eab7;
$custom-light: #8df2cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eab7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.786,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84001,
    "c": 0.15388,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAB7

secondary

#A22E51

accent

#316DF6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAB7

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

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