#42DE9E#42DE9E

#42DE9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.159 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DE9E
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 158)
HSL	hsl(155, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 28.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -55.01, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 58.51, 160.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.1502 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.159 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5360, 55.8655, 41.3041)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DE9E #DE4282

analogous

#42DE50 #42DE9E #42D0DE

triadic

#42DE9E #9E42DE #DE9E42

tetradic

#42DE9E #5042DE #DE4282 #D0DE42

square

#42DE9E #5042DE #DE4282 #D0DE42

split-complementary

#42DE9E #DE42D0 #DE5042

monochromatic

#198D5D #22C180 #42DE9E #76E7B9 #AAF0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DE9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#42DE9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DE9E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DE9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DE9E	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCE9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42de9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.159 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9bb',
    500: '#42de9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42de9e;
$custom-light: #8ae9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42de9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80445,
    "c": 0.15856,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DE9E

secondary

#923259

accent

#3B84ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DE9E

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

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