#42DE9F#42DE9F

#42DE9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.158 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DE9F
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 159)
HSL	hsl(156, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 28.4%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -54.79, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 58.14, 160.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1498 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.158 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6224, 55.9000, 41.7593)
Luminance	0.5590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DE9F #DE4281

analogous

#42DE51 #42DE9F #42CFDE

triadic

#42DE9F #9F42DE #DE9F42

tetradic

#42DE9F #5142DE #DE4281 #CFDE42

square

#42DE9F #5142DE #DE4281 #CFDE42

split-complementary

#42DE9F #DE42CF #DE5142

monochromatic

#198D5E #22C181 #42DE9F #76E7B9 #AAF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DE9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#42DE9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DE9F

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DE9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DE9F	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42de9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.158 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9bb',
    500: '#42de9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42de9f;
$custom-light: #8ae9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42de9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.15774,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DE9F

secondary

#923259

accent

#3B83ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DE9F

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

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