#42E799#42E799

#42E799 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.174 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E799
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(152, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -59.47, 26.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 64.96, 156.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.1612 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.174 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5689, 60.6058, 39.9016)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E799 #E74290

analogous

#42E746 #42E799 #42E3E7

triadic

#42E799 #9942E7 #E79942

tetradic

#42E799 #4642E7 #E74290 #E3E742

square

#42E799 #4642E7 #E74290 #E3E742

split-complementary

#42E799 #E742E3 #E74642

monochromatic

#149B5B #1BD17B #42E799 #78EEB6 #AFF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#42E799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E799

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E799	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)

#E5D594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.174 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0b7',
    500: '#42e799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e799;
$custom-light: #8cf0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.636,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82577,
    "c": 0.17416,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E799

secondary

#9E2F64

accent

#348FF4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1711

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E799

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

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