#42B37E#42B37E

#42B37E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.130 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B37E
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 126)
HSL	hsl(152, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(152, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 29.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -44.44, 17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 47.89, 158.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.1214 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.13 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1307, 34.9025, 25.3052)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B37E #B34277

analogous

#42B345 #42B37E #42AFB3

triadic

#42B37E #7E42B3 #B37E42

tetradic

#42B37E #4542B3 #B34277 #AFB342

square

#42B37E #4542B3 #B34277 #AFB342

split-complementary

#42B37E #B342AF #B34542

monochromatic

#215A3F #32865F #42B37E #6AC89C #97D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#42B37E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#42B37E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B37E

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B37E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B37E	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)

#B1A67B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b37e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.130 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caa3',
    500: '#42b37e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b37e;
$custom-light: #82caa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b37e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.858,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68858,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B37E

secondary

#C48CA7

accent

#5290D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B37E

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

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