#42E09A#42E09A

#42E09A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.164 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E09A
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 154)
HSL	hsl(153, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 31.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -56.61, 22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 61.02, 158.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.154 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.164 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7317, 56.7987, 39.6984)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E09A #E04288

analogous

#42E04B #42E09A #42D7E0

triadic

#42E09A #9A42E0 #E09A42

tetradic

#42E09A #4B42E0 #E04288 #D7E042

square

#42E09A #4B42E0 #E04288 #D7E042

split-complementary

#42E09A #E042D7 #E04B42

monochromatic

#18905B #20C57C #42E09A #77E9B6 #ABF1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42E09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#42E09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E09A

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E09A	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.164 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb8',
    500: '#42e09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e09a;
$custom-light: #8aebb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.418,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80855,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E09A

secondary

#95315D

accent

#398AEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E09A

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

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