#42E397#42E397

#42E397 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.171 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E397
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 151)
HSL	hsl(152, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 33.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -58.36, 25.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 63.68, 156.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1583 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.171 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2983, 58.3267, 38.6700)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E397 #E3428E

analogous

#42E346 #42E397 #42DFE3

triadic

#42E397 #9742E3 #E39742

tetradic

#42E397 #4642E3 #E3428E #DFE342

square

#42E397 #4642E3 #E3428E #DFE342

split-complementary

#42E397 #E342DF #E34642

monochromatic

#169559 #1ECA79 #42E397 #77EBB4 #ADF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#42E397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E397

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E397	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.171 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedb6',
    500: '#42e397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e397;
$custom-light: #8bedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.677,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81539,
    "c": 0.17083,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E397

secondary

#993062

accent

#378FF1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E397

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

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