#42E6A9#42E6A9

#42E6A9 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.160 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E6A9
RGB	rgb(66, 230, 169)
HSL	hsl(158, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(158, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 26.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -55.77, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 58.56, 162.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% -0.153 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.16 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7009, 60.6121, 47.2408)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E6A9 #E6427F

analogous

#42E657 #42E6A9 #42D1E6

triadic

#42E6A9 #A942E6 #E6A942

tetradic

#42E6A9 #5742E6 #E6427F #D1E642

square

#42E6A9 #5742E6 #E6427F #D1E642

split-complementary

#42E6A9 #E642D1 #E65742

monochromatic

#149968 #1BCF8C #42E6A9 #78EDC2 #AEF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E6A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#42E6A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E6A9

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E6A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E6A9	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D5A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e6a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 230, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.160 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cefc2',
    500: '#42e6a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e6a9;
$custom-light: #8cefc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e6a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.683,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8268,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E6A9

secondary

#9D2F58

accent

#357BF3

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1612

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E6A9

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

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