#42EB9F#42EB9F

#42EB9F is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.174 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42EB9F
RGB	rgb(66, 235, 159)
HSL	hsl(153, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 32.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -59.78, 24.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 64.73, 157.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.1623 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.174 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2093, 63.0737, 42.9549)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42EB9F #EB428E

analogous

#42EB4B #42EB9F #42E2EB

triadic

#42EB9F #9F42EB #EB9F42

tetradic

#42EB9F #4B42EB #EB428E #E2EB42

square

#42EB9F #4B42EB #EB428E #E2EB42

split-complementary

#42EB9F #EB42E2 #EB4B42

monochromatic

#11A261 #17D982 #42EB9F #79F1BB #B1F7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#42EB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#42EB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42EB9F

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42EB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42EB9F	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D99A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4CAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42eb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 235, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.174 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cf2bb',
    500: '#42eb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42eb9f;
$custom-light: #8cf2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42eb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.018,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83694,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42EB9F

secondary

#A42D63

accent

#318AF7

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FEF8

border

#CFD6D1

text

#0E1712

muted

#7F8582

Preview Lab

Preview with #42EB9F

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

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