#42D59F#42D59F

#42D59F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.146 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D59F
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 159)
HSL	hsl(158, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 25.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -51.22, 15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 53.55, 163.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.1409 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.146 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2956, 51.2463, 40.9836)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D59F #D54278

analogous

#42D556 #42D59F #42C2D5

triadic

#42D59F #9F42D5 #D59F42

tetradic

#42D59F #5642D5 #D54278 #C2D542

square

#42D59F #5642D5 #D54278 #C2D542

split-complementary

#42D59F #D542C2 #D55642

monochromatic

#1C805C #28B27F #42D59F #74E0B8 #A6EBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#42D59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D59F

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D59F	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.146 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3bb',
    500: '#42d59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d59f;
$custom-light: #88e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.959,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78228,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D59F

secondary

#873453

accent

#417EE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D59F

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

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