#42D09E#42D09E

#42D09E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.141 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D09E
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 158)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 24%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -49.41, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 51.36, 164.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.1363 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.141 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9709, 48.7352, 40.1157)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D09E #D04274

analogous

#42D057 #42D09E #42BBD0

triadic

#42D09E #9E42D0 #D09E42

tetradic

#42D09E #5742D0 #D04274 #BBD042

square

#42D09E #5742D0 #D04274 #BBD042

split-complementary

#42D09E #D042BB #D05742

monochromatic

#1E7959 #2AAA7D #42D09E #73DCB7 #A4E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42D09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#42D09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D09E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D09E	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.141 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfba',
    500: '#42d09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d09e;
$custom-light: #88dfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.873,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76957,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D09E

secondary

#D599AE

accent

#447CE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D09E

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

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