#42B280#42B280

#42B280 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.126 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B280
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 128)
HSL	hsl(153, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 28.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -43.59, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 46.56, 159.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% -0.1193 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.126 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0613, 34.5553, 25.9251)
Luminance	0.3456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B280 #B24274

analogous

#42B248 #42B280 #42ACB2

triadic

#42B280 #8042B2 #B28042

tetradic

#42B280 #4842B2 #B24274 #ACB242

square

#42B280 #4842B2 #B24274 #ACB242

split-complementary

#42B280 #B242AC #B24842

monochromatic

#215940 #318560 #42B280 #6AC89E #96D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42B280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#42B280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B280

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B280	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A57D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.126 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caa5',
    500: '#42b280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b280;
$custom-light: #82caa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.214,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68649,
    "c": 0.12643,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B280

secondary

#C48CA5

accent

#528DD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B280

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

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