#42E79A#42E79A

#42E79A is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.173 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E79A
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 154)
HSL	hsl(152, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 33.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -59.27, 25.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 64.58, 156.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.1608 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.173 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6518, 60.6389, 40.3384)
Luminance	0.6064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E79A #E7428F

analogous

#42E747 #42E79A #42E2E7

triadic

#42E79A #9A42E7 #E79A42

tetradic

#42E79A #4742E7 #E7428F #E2E742

square

#42E79A #4742E7 #E7428F #E2E742

split-complementary

#42E79A #E742E2 #E74742

monochromatic

#149B5C #1BD17C #42E79A #78EEB7 #AFF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#42E79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E79A

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E79A	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.173 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0b8',
    500: '#42e79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e79a;
$custom-light: #8cf0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82597,
    "c": 0.17329,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E79A

secondary

#9E2F63

accent

#348DF4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1711

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E79A

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

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