#42E398#42E398

#42E398 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.170 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E398
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 152)
HSL	hsl(152, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 33%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -58.16, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 63.30, 156.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.1578 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.17 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3799, 58.3594, 39.0996)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E398 #E3428D

analogous

#42E348 #42E398 #42DDE3

triadic

#42E398 #9842E3 #E39842

tetradic

#42E398 #4842E3 #E3428D #DDE342

square

#42E398 #4842E3 #E3428D #DDE342

split-complementary

#42E398 #E342DD #E34842

monochromatic

#16955A #1ECA7A #42E398 #77EBB5 #ADF3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42E398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#42E398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E398

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E398	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)

#E1D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.170 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedb6',
    500: '#42e398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e398;
$custom-light: #8bedb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.05,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8156,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E398

secondary

#993061

accent

#378EF1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E398

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

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