#42E099#42E099

#42E099 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.165 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E099
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 153)
HSL	hsl(153, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 31.7%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -56.82, 23.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 61.39, 157.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1545 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.165 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6487, 56.7655, 39.2616)
Luminance	0.5677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E099 #E04289

analogous

#42E04A #42E099 #42D8E0

triadic

#42E099 #9942E0 #E09942

tetradic

#42E099 #4A42E0 #E04289 #D8E042

square

#42E099 #4A42E0 #E04289 #D8E042

split-complementary

#42E099 #E042D8 #E04A42

monochromatic

#18905A #20C57B #42E099 #77E9B5 #ABF1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42E099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#42E099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E099

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E099	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.165 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb7',
    500: '#42e099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e099;
$custom-light: #8aebb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.038,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80833,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E099

secondary

#95315E

accent

#398BEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E099

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

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