#42EB9E#42EB9E

#42EB9E is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.175 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EB9E
RGB	rgb(66, 235, 158)
HSL	hsl(153, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 32.8%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -59.98, 25.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 65.11, 157.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.1628 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.175 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1228, 63.0391, 42.4997)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EB9E #EB428F

analogous

#42EB4A #42EB9E #42E3EB

triadic

#42EB9E #9E42EB #EB9E42

tetradic

#42EB9E #4A42EB #EB428F #E3EB42

square

#42EB9E #4A42EB #EB428F #E3EB42

split-complementary

#42EB9E #EB42E3 #EB4A42

monochromatic

#11A260 #17D981 #42EB9E #79F1BA #B1F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#42EB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EB9E

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EB9E	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 235, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.175 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf2bb',
    500: '#42eb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eb9e;
$custom-light: #8cf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.663,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83674,
    "c": 0.1749,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EB9E

secondary

#A42D63

accent

#318BF7

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EB9E

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

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