#42E0A9#42E0A9

#42E0A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.152 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0A9
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 169)
HSL	hsl(159, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(159, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -53.40, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 55.56, 163.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1471 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.152 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.0599, 57.3300, 46.6938)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0A9 #E04279

analogous

#42E05A #42E0A9 #42C8E0

triadic

#42E0A9 #A942E0 #E0A942

tetradic

#42E0A9 #5A42E0 #E04279 #C8E042

square

#42E0A9 #5A42E0 #E04279 #C8E042

split-complementary

#42E0A9 #E042C8 #E05A42

monochromatic

#189066 #20C58B #42E0A9 #77E9C1 #ABF1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42E0A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#42E0A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0A9

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0A9	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD0A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C1AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.152 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bebc2',
    500: '#42e0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0a9;
$custom-light: #8bebc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.114,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81198,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0A9

secondary

#953154

accent

#3978EF

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0A9

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

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