#42EDCA#42EDCA

#42EDCA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.145 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EDCA
RGB	rgb(66, 237, 202)
HSL	hsl(168, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 0%, 14.8%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -50.91, 4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 51.11, 174.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.1447 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.145 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1862, 65.9858, 66.3261)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EDCA #ED4265

analogous

#42ED74 #42EDCA #42BBED

triadic

#42EDCA #CA42ED #EDCA42

tetradic

#42EDCA #7442ED #ED4265 #BBED42

square

#42EDCA #7442ED #ED4265 #BBED42

split-complementary

#42EDCA #ED42BB #ED7442

monochromatic

#10A586 #15DDB4 #42EDCA #7AF2DA #B2F8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#42EDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#42EDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EDCA

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EDCA	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4DEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CECDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42edca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 237, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.145 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ef4da',
    500: '#42edca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42edca;
$custom-light: #8ef4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42edca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.719,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85233,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EDCA

secondary

#A72D46

accent

#2F58F9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1714

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EDCA

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

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