#42B37D#42B37D

#42B37D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.130 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B37D
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 125)
HSL	hsl(151, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(151, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 30.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -44.65, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 48.28, 157.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.1218 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.13 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0665, 34.8768, 24.9671)
Luminance	0.3488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B37D #B34278

analogous

#42B344 #42B37D #42B0B3

triadic

#42B37D #7D42B3 #B37D42

tetradic

#42B37D #4442B3 #B34278 #B0B342

square

#42B37D #4442B3 #B34278 #B0B342

split-complementary

#42B37D #B342B0 #B34442

monochromatic

#215A3F #32865E #42B37D #6AC89B #97D9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#42B37D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#42B37D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B37D

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B37D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B37D	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A67A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b37d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.130 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caa3',
    500: '#42b37d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b37d;
$custom-light: #82caa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b37d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.327,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68835,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B37D

secondary

#C48CA7

accent

#5291D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F3

border

#CBD1CD

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B37D

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

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