#42E59B#42E59B

#42E59B is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.170 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E59B
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 155)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 32.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -58.32, 24.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 63.19, 157.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.1584 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.17 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1789, 59.5593, 40.5934)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E59B #E5428C

analogous

#42E54A #42E59B #42DDE5

triadic

#42E59B #9B42E5 #E59B42

tetradic

#42E59B #4A42E5 #E5428C #DDE542

square

#42E59B #4A42E5 #E5428C #DDE542

split-complementary

#42E59B #E542DD #E54A42

monochromatic

#15985C #1CCE7D #42E59B #78ECB7 #AEF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#42E59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E59B

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E59B	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)

#E3D396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC5A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.170 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beeb9',
    500: '#42e59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e59b;
$custom-light: #8beeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.761,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82121,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E59B

secondary

#9C3061

accent

#358BF2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E59B

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

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