#42EA9F#42EA9F

#42EA9F is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.173 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EA9F
RGB	rgb(66, 234, 159)
HSL	hsl(153, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 0%, 32.1%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -59.40, 24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 64.23, 157.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.1614 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.173 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.9238, 62.5027, 42.8597)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EA9F #EA428D

analogous

#42EA4B #42EA9F #42E1EA

triadic

#42EA9F #9F42EA #EA9F42

tetradic

#42EA9F #4B42EA #EA428D #E1EA42

square

#42EA9F #4B42EA #EA428D #E1EA42

split-complementary

#42EA9F #EA42E1 #EA4B42

monochromatic

#12A060 #18D782 #42EA9F #79F0BB #B0F6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#42EA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#42EA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EA9F

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EA9F	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ea9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 234, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.173 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf2bb',
    500: '#42ea9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ea9f;
$custom-light: #8cf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ea9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.214,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83447,
    "c": 0.17279,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EA9F

secondary

#A22E62

accent

#3189F6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EA9F

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

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