#42ECC6#42ECC6

#42ECC6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.146 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ECC6
RGB	rgb(66, 236, 198)
HSL	hsl(167, 82%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 0%, 16.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -51.48, 6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 51.84, 173.23°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% -0.1456 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.146 174)
XYZ	xyz(42.4300, 65.2213, 63.7679)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ECC6 #EC4268

analogous

#42EC71 #42ECC6 #42BDEC

triadic

#42ECC6 #C642EC #ECC642

tetradic

#42ECC6 #7142EC #EC4268 #BDEC42

square

#42ECC6 #7142EC #EC4268 #BDEC42

split-complementary

#42ECC6 #EC42BD #EC7142

monochromatic

#10A382 #16DBAF #42ECC6 #7AF2D7 #B1F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#42ECC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#42ECC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ECC6

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ECC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ECC6	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDCCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ecc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 236, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.146 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef3d7',
    500: '#42ecc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ecc6;
$custom-light: #8ef3d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ecc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.588,
    "s": 81.731,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84881,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.65226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ECC6

secondary

#A52D48

accent

#305CF8

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ECC6

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

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