#42E29C#42E29C

#42E29C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.165 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E29C
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 156)
HSL	hsl(154, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 31%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -56.97, 22.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 61.29, 158.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.155 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.165 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4403, 57.9472, 40.7632)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E29C #E24288

analogous

#42E24C #42E29C #42D8E2

triadic

#42E29C #9C42E2 #E29C42

tetradic

#42E29C #4C42E2 #E24288 #D8E242

square

#42E29C #4C42E2 #E24288 #D8E242

split-complementary

#42E29C #E242D8 #E24C42

monochromatic

#17935D #1FC87E #42E29C #77EAB8 #ACF2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E29C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#42E29C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E29C

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E29C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E29C	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC2A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e29c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.165 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becb9',
    500: '#42e29c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e29c;
$custom-light: #8becb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e29c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81396,
    "c": 0.16528,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E29C

secondary

#98315E

accent

#3888F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E29C

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

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