#42EA9E#42EA9E

#42EA9E is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.174 H 158.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EA9E
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 158)
HSL	hsl(153, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 32.5%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -59.61, 24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 64.60, 157.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.1618 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.174 158.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8373, 62.4681, 42.4045)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EA9E #EA428E

analogous

#42EA4A #42EA9E #42E2EA

triadic

#42EA9E #9E42EA #EA9E42

tetradic

#42EA9E #4A42EA #EA428E #E2EA42

square

#42EA9E #4A42EA #EA428E #E2EA42

split-complementary

#42EA9E #EA42E2 #EA4A42

monochromatic

#12A060 #18D780 #42EA9E #79F0BA #B0F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#42EA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#42EA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EA9E

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EA9E	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ea9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.174 158.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf2bb',
    500: '#42ea9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ea9e;
$custom-light: #8cf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ea9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.857,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83426,
    "c": 0.17364,
    "h": 158.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EA9E

secondary

#A22E63

accent

#318BF6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EA9E

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

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