#42E79B#42E79B

#42E79B is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.172 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E79B
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 155)
HSL	hsl(152, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(152, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 32.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -59.08, 25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 64.21, 156.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.1603 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.172 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7354, 60.6724, 40.7789)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E79B #E7428E

analogous

#42E748 #42E79B #42E0E7

triadic

#42E79B #9B42E7 #E79B42

tetradic

#42E79B #4842E7 #E7428E #E0E742

square

#42E79B #4842E7 #E7428E #E0E742

split-complementary

#42E79B #E742E0 #E74842

monochromatic

#149B5D #1BD17D #42E79B #78EEB8 #AFF5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#42E79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E79B

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E79B	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.172 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0b9',
    500: '#42e79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e79b;
$custom-light: #8cf0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82618,
    "c": 0.17243,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E79B

secondary

#9E2F62

accent

#348CF4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1711

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E79B

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

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