#42E7A7#42E7A7

#42E7A7 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.162 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E7A7
RGB	rgb(66, 231, 167)
HSL	hsl(157, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(157, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 0%, 27.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.43, -56.59, 19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.43, 59.78, 161.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.1549 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.162 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7937, 61.0957, 46.3525)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E7A7 #E74282

analogous

#42E754 #42E7A7 #42D5E7

triadic

#42E7A7 #A742E7 #E7A742

tetradic

#42E7A7 #5442E7 #E74282 #D5E742

square

#42E7A7 #5442E7 #E74282 #D5E742

split-complementary

#42E7A7 #E742D5 #E75442

monochromatic

#149B66 #1BD18A #42E7A7 #78EEC0 #AFF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E7A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#42E7A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E7A7

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E7A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E7A7	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D6A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC7AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e7a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 231, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.162 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf0c1',
    500: '#42e7a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e7a7;
$custom-light: #8cf0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e7a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8288,
    "c": 0.16243,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E7A7

secondary

#9E2F5A

accent

#347EF4

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF9

border

#CFD6D2

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E7A7

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

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