#42EAB8#42EAB8

#42EAB8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.153 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAB8
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 184)
HSL	hsl(162, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 21.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -53.99, 12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 55.34, 167.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% -0.15 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.153 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3167, 63.4598, 55.4623)
Luminance	0.6347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAB8 #EA4274

analogous

#42EA64 #42EAB8 #42C8EA

triadic

#42EAB8 #B842EA #EAB842

tetradic

#42EAB8 #6442EA #EA4274 #C8EA42

square

#42EAB8 #6442EA #EA4274 #C8EA42

split-complementary

#42EAB8 #EA42C8 #EA6442

monochromatic

#12A076 #18D79E #42EAB8 #79F0CD #B0F6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#42EAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#42EAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAB8

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAB8	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DAB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.153 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df2cd',
    500: '#42eab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eab8;
$custom-light: #8df2cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.143,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84027,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAB8

secondary

#A22E51

accent

#316CF6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAB8

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

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