#42E299#42E299

#42E299 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.168 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E299
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 153)
HSL	hsl(153, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 32.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -57.58, 24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 62.41, 157.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.1564 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.168 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1894, 57.8468, 39.4418)
Luminance	0.5785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E299 #E2428B

analogous

#42E249 #42E299 #42DBE2

triadic

#42E299 #9942E2 #E29942

tetradic

#42E299 #4942E2 #E2428B #DBE242

square

#42E299 #4942E2 #E2428B #DBE242

split-complementary

#42E299 #E242DB #E24942

monochromatic

#17935A #1FC87B #42E299 #77EAB6 #ACF2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#42E299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E299

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E299	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.168 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becb7',
    500: '#42e299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e299;
$custom-light: #8becb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.625,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81332,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E299

secondary

#983160

accent

#388CF0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E299

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

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