#42B183#42B183

#42B183 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.122 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B183
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 131)
HSL	hsl(155, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 26%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -42.50, 14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 44.88, 161.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.1168 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.123 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0635, 34.2390, 26.9144)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B183 #B14270

analogous

#42B14B #42B183 #42A8B1

triadic

#42B183 #8342B1 #B18342

tetradic

#42B183 #4B42B1 #B14270 #A8B142

square

#42B183 #4B42B1 #B14270 #A8B142

split-complementary

#42B183 #B142A8 #B14B42

monochromatic

#215841 #318462 #42B183 #69C7A0 #96D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#42B183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#42B183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B183

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B183	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.122 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9a7',
    500: '#42b183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b183;
$custom-light: #82c9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.135,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68466,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B183

secondary

#C38BA3

accent

#5289D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B183

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

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