#42E496#42E496

#42E496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.173 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E496
RGB	rgb(66, 228, 150)
HSL	hsl(151, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(151, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 34.2%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -58.94, 26.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 64.57, 155.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1597 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.173 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4917, 58.8430, 38.3356)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E496 #E44290

analogous

#42E445 #42E496 #42E1E4

triadic

#42E496 #9642E4 #E49642

tetradic

#42E496 #4542E4 #E44290 #E1E442

square

#42E496 #4542E4 #E44290 #E1E442

split-complementary

#42E496 #E442E1 #E44542

monochromatic

#159658 #1DCC78 #42E496 #78ECB4 #ADF3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#42E496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E496

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E496	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 228, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.173 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beeb5',
    500: '#42e496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e496;
$custom-light: #8beeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81768,
    "c": 0.17295,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E496

secondary

#9A3063

accent

#3690F2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E496

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

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