#42E198#42E198

#42E198 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.167 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E198
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 152)
HSL	hsl(152, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 32.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -57.40, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 62.28, 157.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1559 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.167 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8360, 57.2717, 38.9183)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E198 #E1428B

analogous

#42E149 #42E198 #42DAE1

triadic

#42E198 #9842E1 #E19842

tetradic

#42E198 #4942E1 #E1428B #DAE142

square

#42E198 #4942E1 #E1428B #DAE142

split-complementary

#42E198 #E142DA #E14942

monochromatic

#179259 #1FC67A #42E198 #77E9B5 #ACF2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42E198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#42E198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E198

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E198	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.167 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aebb6',
    500: '#42e198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e198;
$custom-light: #8aebb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.453,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81061,
    "c": 0.16742,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E198

secondary

#96315F

accent

#388CEF

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E198

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

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