#42D79E#42D79E

#42D79E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.150 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D79E
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 26.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -52.24, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 54.94, 161.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1433 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.15 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7153, 52.2240, 40.6972)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D79E #D7427B

analogous

#42D753 #42D79E #42C6D7

triadic

#42D79E #9E42D7 #D79E42

tetradic

#42D79E #5342D7 #D7427B #C6D742

square

#42D79E #5342D7 #D7427B #C6D742

split-complementary

#42D79E #D742C6 #D75342

monochromatic

#1C835B #26B57F #42D79E #75E2B8 #A7ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#42D79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D79E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D79E	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.150 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4ba',
    500: '#42d79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d79e;
$custom-light: #89e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.047,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.14975,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D79E

secondary

#8A3454

accent

#4080E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D79E

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

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