#42E195#42E195

#42E195 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.170 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E195
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 149)
HSL	hsl(151, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 33.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -58.00, 25.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 63.41, 156.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.1573 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.17 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5934, 57.1747, 37.6406)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E195 #E1428E

analogous

#42E146 #42E195 #42DDE1

triadic

#42E195 #9542E1 #E19542

tetradic

#42E195 #4642E1 #E1428E #DDE142

square

#42E195 #4642E1 #E1428E #DDE142

split-complementary

#42E195 #E142DD #E14642

monochromatic

#179257 #1FC677 #42E195 #77E9B3 #ACF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42E195 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#42E195 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E195

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E195	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E195	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e195;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.170 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb4',
    500: '#42e195',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e195;
$custom-light: #8aebb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e195",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.321,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80999,
    "c": 0.17001,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E195

secondary

#963161

accent

#3890EF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E195

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

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