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Hawaii Window Tint Checker (2026)
The legal tint limit for every window position in Hawaii (35% on the front sides), checked against your own film's VLT, with the medical exemption and what a ticket costs.
Hawaii window tint checker
VLT (visible light transmission) is the share of light the film lets through; a lower number is darker. It is printed on the film packaging or your installation receipt. Leave it blank to just read the limits.
Enter your film's VLT above to check it against each Hawaii window limit, or read the limits as they stand.
After Act 129 (2025) the rear side windows and rear window may be any darkness on a sedan just as on an SUV or van, so long as the vehicle carries dual outside mirrors. The 35% (±6%) floor applies only to the front side windows.
Film is sold by its own VLT, but police measure the installed darkness: the film combined with your factory glass, which reads darker than the film alone. These are the Hawaii figures stated as information, not a determination about any stop or ticket.
Informational only, not legal advice. Reflectivity limits, color bans, and vehicle-class exceptions can change the answer for a specific car. See the full rules, the exemption steps, and the citations on the Hawaii window tint reference, cited to Haw. Rev. Stat. §291-21.5; Act 129 (2025).
How the Hawaii tint rules work
Hawaii rewrote its tint rules in 2025 for the first time since 1983. Act 129 kept the front side windows at 35% (±6%) but pulled the glass behind the driver out of the sunscreening rules entirely, so a sedan can now run the same dark rear side and rear windows an SUV or van always could, provided it has dual outside mirrors. The windshield still takes only a top strip above the AS-1 line, or the top four inches, and there is still no medical exemption anywhere in the statute.
This checker applies the Hawaii figures to the VLT you enter. It is informational only and not legal advice: reflectivity limits, color bans, and vehicle-class exceptions can change the answer for a specific car. For the full rules, the shades table, and the citations, see the Hawaii window tint reference, cited to Haw. Rev. Stat. §291-21.5; Act 129 (2025).
Window tint checkers for other states
Same tool, each with its own per-window limits.