#42EDC8#42EDC8

#42EDC8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EDC8
RGB	rgb(66, 237, 200)
HSL	hsl(167, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 15.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.94, -51.40, 5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.94, 51.70, 173.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.1456 0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.146 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9510, 65.8917, 65.0871)
Luminance	0.6590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EDC8 #ED4267

analogous

#42ED73 #42EDC8 #42BCED

triadic

#42EDC8 #C842ED #EDC842

tetradic

#42EDC8 #7342ED #ED4267 #BCED42

square

#42EDC8 #7342ED #ED4267 #BCED42

split-complementary

#42EDC8 #ED42BC #ED7342

monochromatic

#10A585 #15DDB2 #42EDC8 #7AF2D8 #B2F8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#42EDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#42EDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EDC8

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EDC8	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DEC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECDCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42edc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 237, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef4d8',
    500: '#42edc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42edc8;
$custom-light: #8ef4d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42edc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.018,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85177,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EDC8

secondary

#A72D47

accent

#2F5BF9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EDC8

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

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