#42E59A#42E59A

#42E59A is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.171 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E59A
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 154)
HSL	hsl(152, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 32.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -58.52, 24.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 63.57, 157.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.1588 0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.171 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0952, 59.5258, 40.1529)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E59A #E5428D

analogous

#42E549 #42E59A #42DEE5

triadic

#42E59A #9A42E5 #E59A42

tetradic

#42E59A #4942E5 #E5428D #DEE542

square

#42E59A #4942E5 #E5428D #DEE542

split-complementary

#42E59A #E542DE #E54942

monochromatic

#15985C #1CCE7C #42E59A #78ECB7 #AEF4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#42E59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E59A

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E59A	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.171 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beeb8',
    500: '#42e59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e59a;
$custom-light: #8beeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.393,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.821,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E59A

secondary

#9C3061

accent

#358CF2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E59A

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

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