#42B17E#42B17E

#42B17E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B17E
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 126)
HSL	hsl(152, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(152, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 28.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -43.59, 16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 46.79, 158.71°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.1192 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.127 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7328, 34.1067, 25.1725)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B17E #B14275

analogous

#42B146 #42B17E #42ADB1

triadic

#42B17E #7E42B1 #B17E42

tetradic

#42B17E #4642B1 #B14275 #ADB142

square

#42B17E #4642B1 #B14275 #ADB142

split-complementary

#42B17E #B142AD #B14642

monochromatic

#21583F #31845E #42B17E #69C79C #96D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#42B17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#42B17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B17E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B17E	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA47B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9a3',
    500: '#42b17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b17e;
$custom-light: #82c9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.432,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68346,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B17E

secondary

#C38BA5

accent

#528FD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F3

border

#CBD1CD

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B17E

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

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