#42E49C#42E49C

#42E49C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.168 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42E49C
RGBrgb(66, 228, 156)
HSLhsl(153, 75%, 58%)
HSVhsv(153, 71%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 0%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(81.31, -57.74, 23.42)
CIE-LCHlch(81.31, 62.31, 157.92°)
OKLaboklab(81.89% -0.157 0.0593)
OKLCHoklch(81.89% 0.168 159.3)
XYZxyz(35.9873, 59.0412, 40.9455)
Luminance0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42E49C #E4428A
analogous
#42E44B #42E49C #42DBE4
triadic
#42E49C #9C42E4 #E49C42
tetradic
#42E49C #4B42E4 #E4428A #DBE442
square
#42E49C #4B42E4 #E4428A #DBE442
split-complementary
#42E49C #E442DB #E44B42
monochromatic
#15965D #1DCC7E #42E49C #78ECB8 #ADF3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#42E49C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81
#42E49C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E49C
12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42E49C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42E49C1.001.6412.8112.81
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8121.001.001.00
##00000012.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2D398
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDC4A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E3D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42e49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 228, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.168 159.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bedb9',
    500: '#42e49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42e49c;
$custom-light: #8bedb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42e49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81893,
    "c": 0.1678,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42E49C
secondary
#9A305F
accent
#3689F2
background
#FCFFFD
surface
#F4FEF8
border
#CED6D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8581

Preview Lab

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#42E49C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva