#42E59C#42E59C

#42E59C is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.169 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E59C
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 156)
HSL	hsl(153, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(153, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 31.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -58.12, 23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 62.82, 157.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.1579 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.169 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2632, 59.5930, 41.0375)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E59C #E5428B

analogous

#42E54A #42E59C #42DCE5

triadic

#42E59C #9C42E5 #E59C42

tetradic

#42E59C #4A42E5 #E5428B #DCE542

square

#42E59C #4A42E5 #E5428B #DCE542

split-complementary

#42E59C #E542DC #E54A42

monochromatic

#15985D #1CCE7E #42E59C #78ECB8 #AEF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#42E59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E59C

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E59C	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.169 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beeb9',
    500: '#42e59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e59c;
$custom-light: #8beeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.129,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82142,
    "c": 0.16907,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E59C

secondary

#9C3060

accent

#358AF2

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1611

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E59C

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

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