#42EEA5#42EEA5

#42EEA5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.173 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EEA5
RGB	rgb(66, 238, 165)
HSL	hsl(155, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(155, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 30.7%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -59.69, 23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 64.02, 158.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.1625 0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.173 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6087, 65.0193, 46.0525)
Luminance	0.6502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EEA5 #EE428B

analogous

#42EE4F #42EEA5 #42E1EE

triadic

#42EEA5 #A542EE #EEA542

tetradic

#42EEA5 #4F42EE #EE428B #E1EE42

square

#42EEA5 #4F42EE #EE428B #E1EE42

split-complementary

#42EEA5 #EE42E1 #EE4F42

monochromatic

#0FA766 #14DF89 #42EEA5 #7AF3C0 #B2F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#42EEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#42EEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EEA5

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EEA5	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDCA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 238, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.173 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8df5c0',
    500: '#42eea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eea5;
$custom-light: #8df5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.535,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84564,
    "c": 0.17274,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EEA5

secondary

#A82C61

accent

#2E84FA

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EEA5

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

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