#42E39C#42E39C

#42E39C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.167 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E39C
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 156)
HSL	hsl(154, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(154, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 31.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -57.36, 23.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 61.80, 158.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.156 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.167 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7130, 58.4926, 40.8541)
Luminance	0.5850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E39C #E34289

analogous

#42E34B #42E39C #42DAE3

triadic

#42E39C #9C42E3 #E39C42

tetradic

#42E39C #4B42E3 #E34289 #DAE342

square

#42E39C #4B42E3 #E34289 #DAE342

split-complementary

#42E39C #E342DA #E34B42

monochromatic

#16955D #1ECA7E #42E39C #77EBB8 #ADF3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42E39C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#42E39C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E39C

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E39C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E39C	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e39c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.167 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedb9',
    500: '#42e39c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e39c;
$custom-light: #8bedb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e39c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.54,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.16654,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E39C

secondary

#99305E

accent

#3789F1

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E39C

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

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