#42D49E#42D49E

#42D49E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.146 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D49E
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 158)
HSL	hsl(158, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 25.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -51.04, 15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 53.40, 162.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1404 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.146 164)
XYZ	xyz(31.9584, 50.7102, 40.4449)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D49E #D44278

analogous

#42D455 #42D49E #42C1D4

triadic

#42D49E #9E42D4 #D49E42

tetradic

#42D49E #5542D4 #D44278 #C1D442

square

#42D49E #5542D4 #D44278 #C1D442

split-complementary

#42D49E #D442C1 #D45542

monochromatic

#1D7F5B #28B17E #42D49E #74DFB8 #A6EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#42D49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D49E

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D49E	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2ba',
    500: '#42d49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d49e;
$custom-light: #88e2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.808,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77955,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.50714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D49E

secondary

#863452

accent

#427FE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D49E

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

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