#42E7A5#42E7A5

#42E7A5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.164 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E7A5
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 165)
HSL	hsl(156, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(156, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 28.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -57.02, 20.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 60.50, 160.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.1558 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.164 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6103, 61.0223, 45.3863)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E7A5 #E74284

analogous

#42E752 #42E7A5 #42D6E7

triadic

#42E7A5 #A542E7 #E7A542

tetradic

#42E7A5 #5242E7 #E74284 #D6E742

square

#42E7A5 #5242E7 #E74284 #D6E742

split-complementary

#42E7A5 #E742D6 #E75242

monochromatic

#149B65 #1BD188 #42E7A5 #78EEBF #AFF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E7A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#42E7A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E7A5

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E7A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E7A5	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D6A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e7a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.164 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0c0',
    500: '#42e7a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e7a5;
$custom-light: #8cf0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e7a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82835,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E7A5

secondary

#9E2F5B

accent

#3481F4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E7A5

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

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