#42D89E#42D89E

#42D89E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.151 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D89E
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 26.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -52.64, 17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 55.45, 161.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.1443 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.151 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9707, 52.7349, 40.7823)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D89E #D8427C

analogous

#42D853 #42D89E #42C7D8

triadic

#42D89E #9E42D8 #D89E42

tetradic

#42D89E #5342D8 #D8427C #C7D842

square

#42D89E #5342D8 #D8427C #C7D842

split-complementary

#42D89E #D842C7 #D85342

monochromatic

#1B845C #26B77F #42D89E #75E2B8 #A7EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D89E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#42D89E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D89E

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D89E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D89E	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d89e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.151 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5ba',
    500: '#42d89e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d89e;
$custom-light: #89e5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d89e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78952,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D89E

secondary

#8B3355

accent

#3F81E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D89E

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

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