#42E99C#42E99C

#42E99C is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.174 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E99C
RGB	rgb(66, 233, 156)
HSL	hsl(152, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 33%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -59.63, 25.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 64.85, 156.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.1618 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.174 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3827, 61.8320, 41.4107)
Luminance	0.6184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E99C #E9428F

analogous

#42E948 #42E99C #42E3E9

triadic

#42E99C #9C42E9 #E99C42

tetradic

#42E99C #4842E9 #E9428F #E3E942

square

#42E99C #4842E9 #E9428F #E3E942

split-complementary

#42E99C #E942E3 #E94842

monochromatic

#129E5E #19D57E #42E99C #79EFB9 #B0F6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#42E99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#42E99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E99C

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E99C	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 233, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.174 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf1b9',
    500: '#42e99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e99c;
$custom-light: #8cf1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.335,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E99C

secondary

#A12E63

accent

#328CF6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1711

muted

#7F8581

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E99C

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

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