#42EDC9#42EDC9

#42EDC9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.146 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EDC9
RGB	rgb(66, 237, 201)
HSL	hsl(167, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 15.2%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.97, -51.15, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.97, 51.41, 174.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.1452 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.146 175)
XYZ	xyz(43.0682, 65.9386, 65.7046)
Luminance	0.6594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EDC9 #ED4266

analogous

#42ED73 #42EDC9 #42BCED

triadic

#42EDC9 #C942ED #EDC942

tetradic

#42EDC9 #7342ED #ED4266 #BCED42

square

#42EDC9 #7342ED #ED4266 #BCED42

split-complementary

#42EDC9 #ED42BC #ED7342

monochromatic

#10A585 #15DDB3 #42EDC9 #7AF2D9 #B2F8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#42EDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#42EDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EDC9

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EDC9	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5DEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECDCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42edc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 237, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.146 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef4d9',
    500: '#42edc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42edc9;
$custom-light: #8ef4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42edc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.368,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85205,
    "c": 0.14573,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.65944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EDC9

secondary

#A72D46

accent

#2F59F9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EDC9

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

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