#42E99E#42E99E

#42E99E is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.172 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E99E
RGB	rgb(66, 233, 158)
HSL	hsl(153, 79%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 32.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.86, -59.23, 24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.86, 64.10, 157.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.1609 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.172 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5535, 61.9003, 42.3099)
Luminance	0.6190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E99E #E9428D

analogous

#42E94A #42E99E #42E0E9

triadic

#42E99E #9E42E9 #E99E42

tetradic

#42E99E #4A42E9 #E9428D #E0E942

square

#42E99E #4A42E9 #E9428D #E0E942

split-complementary

#42E99E #E942E0 #E94A42

monochromatic

#129E5F #19D580 #42E99E #79EFBA #B0F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#42E99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#42E99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E99E

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E99E	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 233, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.172 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf1bb',
    500: '#42e99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e99e;
$custom-light: #8cf1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.054,
    "s": 79.147,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83178,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E99E

secondary

#A12E62

accent

#328AF6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E99E

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

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