#42E29F#42E29F

#42E29F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.163 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E29F
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 159)
HSL	hsl(155, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(155, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 29.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -56.35, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 60.18, 159.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.1537 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.163 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6975, 58.0501, 42.1176)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E29F #E24285

analogous

#42E24F #42E29F #42D5E2

triadic

#42E29F #9F42E2 #E29F42

tetradic

#42E29F #4F42E2 #E24285 #D5E242

square

#42E29F #4F42E2 #E24285 #D5E242

split-complementary

#42E29F #E242D5 #E24F42

monochromatic

#17935F #1FC881 #42E29F #77EABA #ACF2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42E29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#42E29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E29F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E29F	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC3A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.163 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8becbb',
    500: '#42e29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e29f;
$custom-light: #8becbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81462,
    "c": 0.16276,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E29F

secondary

#98315C

accent

#3885F0

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E29F

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

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