#42EAB9#42EAB9

#42EAB9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.152 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EAB9
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 185)
HSL	hsl(163, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(163, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 20.9%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.71, -53.76, 11.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.71, 55.01, 167.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% -0.1495 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.152 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4219, 63.5019, 56.0163)
Luminance	0.6351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EAB9 #EA4273

analogous

#42EA65 #42EAB9 #42C7EA

triadic

#42EAB9 #B942EA #EAB942

tetradic

#42EAB9 #6542EA #EA4273 #C7EA42

square

#42EAB9 #6542EA #EA4273 #C7EA42

split-complementary

#42EAB9 #EA42C7 #EA6542

monochromatic

#12A076 #18D79F #42EAB9 #79F0CD #B0F6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#42EAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#42EAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EAB9

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EAB9	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.152 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df2ce',
    500: '#42eab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eab9;
$custom-light: #8df2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.5,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84052,
    "c": 0.15246,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EAB9

secondary

#A22E50

accent

#316BF6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFA

border

#CFD6D3

text

#0E1713

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EAB9

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

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