#42B080#42B080

#42B080 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.124 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B080
RGB	rgb(66, 176, 128)
HSL	hsl(154, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(154, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 27.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -42.74, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 45.47, 160.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.1172 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.124 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6663, 33.7652, 25.7934)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B080 #B04272

analogous

#42B049 #42B080 #42A9B0

triadic

#42B080 #8042B0 #B08042

tetradic

#42B080 #4942B0 #B04272 #A9B042

square

#42B080 #4942B0 #B04272 #A9B042

split-complementary

#42B080 #B042A9 #B04942

monochromatic

#21573F #318360 #42B080 #69C79E #95D7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#42B080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#42B080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B080

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B080	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA47D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 176, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.124 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8a5',
    500: '#42b080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b080;
$custom-light: #82c8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.818,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68137,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B080

secondary

#C38BA3

accent

#538CD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B080

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

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