#42D69E#42D69E

#42D69E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.148 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D69E
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 26.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -51.84, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 54.42, 162.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1423 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.148 163.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4615, 51.7163, 40.6126)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D69E #D6427A

analogous

#42D654 #42D69E #42C4D6

triadic

#42D69E #9E42D6 #D69E42

tetradic

#42D69E #5442D6 #D6427A #C4D642

square

#42D69E #5442D6 #D6427A #C4D642

split-complementary

#42D69E #D642C4 #D65442

monochromatic

#1C825B #27B47F #42D69E #74E1B8 #A7ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D69E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#42D69E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D69E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D69E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D69E	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d69e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.148 163.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3ba',
    500: '#42d69e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d69e;
$custom-light: #89e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d69e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.297,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.14849,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D69E

secondary

#883454

accent

#4080E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D69E

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

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