#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
RGBrgb(66, 228, 154)
HSLhsl(153, 75%, 58%)
HSVhsv(153, 71%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 32.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.28, -58.14, 24.41)
CIE-LCHlch(81.28, 63.06, 157.23°)
OKLaboklab(81.85% -0.1579 0.0617)
OKLCHoklch(81.85% 0.17 158.7)
XYZxyz(35.8193, 58.9740, 40.0609)
Luminance0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42E49A1.001.6412.8012.80
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8021.001.001.00
##00000012.8021.001.001.00

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

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#42E49A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva