#42E197#42E197

#42E197 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.168 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E197
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 151)
HSL	hsl(152, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 32.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -57.60, 24.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 62.65, 156.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.1564 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.168 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7545, 57.2391, 38.4888)
Luminance	0.5724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E197 #E1428C

analogous

#42E147 #42E197 #42DCE1

triadic

#42E197 #9742E1 #E19742

tetradic

#42E197 #4742E1 #E1428C #DCE142

square

#42E197 #4742E1 #E1428C #DCE142

split-complementary

#42E197 #E142DC #E14742

monochromatic

#179259 #1FC679 #42E197 #77E9B4 #ACF2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42E197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#42E197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E197

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E197	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.168 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb6',
    500: '#42e197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e197;
$custom-light: #8aebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.075,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8104,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E197

secondary

#963160

accent

#388EEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E197

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

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