#42B083#42B083

#42B083 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.121 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B083
RGB	rgb(66, 176, 131)
HSL	hsl(155, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(155, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 25.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.84, -42.07, 13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.84, 44.33, 161.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.1158 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.121 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8667, 33.8454, 26.8488)
Luminance	0.3385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B083 #B0426F

analogous

#42B04C #42B083 #42A6B0

triadic

#42B083 #8342B0 #B08342

tetradic

#42B083 #4C42B0 #B0426F #A6B042

square

#42B083 #4C42B0 #B0426F #A6B042

split-complementary

#42B083 #B042A6 #B04C42

monochromatic

#215741 #318362 #42B083 #69C7A0 #95D7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#42B083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#42B083 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B083

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B083	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 176, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.121 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8a7',
    500: '#42b083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b083;
$custom-light: #82c8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.455,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68211,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B083

secondary

#C38BA2

accent

#5388D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B083

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

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