#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
RGB	rgb(66, 228, 156)
HSL	hsl(153, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 0%, 31.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -57.74, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 62.31, 157.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.157 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.168 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.9873, 59.0412, 40.9455)
Luminance	0.5905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42E49C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42E49C

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

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