#42E196#42E196

#42E196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.169 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E196
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 150)
HSL	hsl(152, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 33.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -57.80, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 63.03, 156.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.1568 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.169 158)
XYZ	xyz(34.6736, 57.2067, 38.0629)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E196 #E1428D

analogous

#42E147 #42E196 #42DDE1

triadic

#42E196 #9642E1 #E19642

tetradic

#42E196 #4742E1 #E1428D #DDE142

square

#42E196 #4742E1 #E1428D #DDE142

split-complementary

#42E196 #E142DD #E14742

monochromatic

#179258 #1FC678 #42E196 #77E9B3 #ACF2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42E196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#42E196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E196

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E196	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)

#DFD091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.169 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb5',
    500: '#42e196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e196;
$custom-light: #8aebb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.698,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81019,
    "c": 0.16915,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.57211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E196

secondary

#963161

accent

#388FEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E196

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

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