#42B17C#42B17C

#42B17C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.129 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B17C
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 124)
HSL	hsl(151, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(151, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 29.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -44.02, 18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 47.57, 157.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.1202 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.129 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6050, 34.0556, 24.4997)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B17C #B14277

analogous

#42B144 #42B17C #42AFB1

triadic

#42B17C #7C42B1 #B17C42

tetradic

#42B17C #4442B1 #B14277 #AFB142

square

#42B17C #4442B1 #B14277 #AFB142

split-complementary

#42B17C #B142AF #B14442

monochromatic

#21583E #31845D #42B17C #69C79A #96D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#42B17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#42B17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B17C

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B17C	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0997F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.129 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9a2',
    500: '#42b17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b17c;
$custom-light: #82c9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.351,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68299,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B17C

secondary

#C38BA6

accent

#5291D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#F0F8F2

border

#CBD1CC

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B17C

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

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