#42E296#42E296

#42E296 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.170 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E296
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 150)
HSL	hsl(152, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 33.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -58.18, 25.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 63.54, 156.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1578 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.17 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9447, 57.7490, 38.1532)
Luminance	0.5775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E296 #E2428E

analogous

#42E246 #42E296 #42DEE2

triadic

#42E296 #9642E2 #E29642

tetradic

#42E296 #4642E2 #E2428E #DEE242

square

#42E296 #4642E2 #E2428E #DEE242

split-complementary

#42E296 #E242DE #E24642

monochromatic

#179358 #1FC878 #42E296 #77EAB3 #ACF2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#42E296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E296

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E296	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.170 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becb5',
    500: '#42e296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e296;
$custom-light: #8becb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81269,
    "c": 0.17042,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E296

secondary

#983162

accent

#388FF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E296

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

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