#42E49A#42E49A

#42E49A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.170 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E49A
RGB	rgb(66, 228, 154)
HSL	hsl(153, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 32.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -58.14, 24.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 63.06, 157.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.1579 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.17 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8193, 58.9740, 40.0609)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E49A #E4428C

analogous

#42E449 #42E49A #42DDE4

triadic

#42E49A #9A42E4 #E49A42

tetradic

#42E49A #4942E4 #E4428C #DDE442

square

#42E49A #4942E4 #E4428C #DDE442

split-complementary

#42E49A #E442DD #E44942

monochromatic

#15965B #1DCC7C #42E49A #78ECB7 #ADF3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#42E49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#42E49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E49A

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E49A	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 228, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.170 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedb8',
    500: '#42e49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e49a;
$custom-light: #8bedb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.593,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81851,
    "c": 0.16951,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E49A

secondary

#9A3061

accent

#368CF2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F4FEF8

border

#CED6D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E49A

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

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