#42E998#42E998

#42E998 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.178 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E998
RGB	rgb(66, 233, 152)
HSL	hsl(151, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(151, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 34.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.75, -60.41, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.75, 66.35, 155.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.1636 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.178 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0496, 61.6988, 39.6561)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E998 #E94293

analogous

#42E944 #42E998 #42E7E9

triadic

#42E998 #9842E9 #E99842

tetradic

#42E998 #4442E9 #E94293 #E7E942

square

#42E998 #4442E9 #E94293 #E7E942

split-complementary

#42E998 #E942E7 #E94442

monochromatic

#129E5A #19D57A #42E998 #79EFB6 #B0F6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#42E998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#42E998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E998

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E998	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 233, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.178 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf1b7',
    500: '#42e998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e998;
$custom-light: #8cf1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.898,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83054,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E998

secondary

#A12E66

accent

#3291F6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1711

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E998

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

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