#42FFAD#42FFAD

#42FFAD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.187 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42FFAD
RGB	rgb(66, 255, 173)
HSL	hsl(154, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(154, 74%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 32.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.72, -64.40, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.72, 69.53, 157.86°)
OKLab	oklab(88.91% -0.1748 0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(88.91% 0.187 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5449, 75.6900, 51.7363)
Luminance	0.7570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42FFAD #FF4294

analogous

#42FF4E #42FFAD #42F3FF

triadic

#42FFAD #AD42FF #FFAD42

tetradic

#42FFAD #4E42FF #FF4294 #F3FF42

square

#42FFAD #4E42FF #FF4294 #F3FF42

split-complementary

#42FFAD #FF42F3 #FF4E42

monochromatic

#00C770 #05FF92 #42FFAD #7FFFC8 #BCFFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#42FFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#42FFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42FFAD

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42FFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42FFAD	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCEBA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5DBB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00FEE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ffad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 255, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.187 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90ffc5',
    500: '#42ffad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ffad;
$custom-light: #90ffc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ffad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 255,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.968,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8891,
    "c": 0.18697,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.75695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42FFAD

secondary

#C32268

accent

#0064E6

background

#FCFFFD

surface

#F5FFF9

border

#CFD7D2

text

#0F1813

muted

#808682

Preview Lab

Preview with #42FFAD

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

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