#42B384#42B384

#42B384 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B384
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 132)
HSL	hsl(155, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 26.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -43.13, 14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 45.59, 161.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69% -0.1185 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(69% 0.124 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5295, 35.0621, 27.4057)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B384 #B34271

analogous

#42B34B #42B384 #42A9B3

triadic

#42B384 #8442B3 #B38442

tetradic

#42B384 #4B42B3 #B34271 #A9B342

square

#42B384 #4B42B3 #B34271 #A9B342

split-complementary

#42B384 #B342A9 #B34B42

monochromatic

#215A42 #328663 #42B384 #6AC8A1 #97D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42B384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#42B384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B384

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B384	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caa8',
    500: '#42b384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b384;
$custom-light: #82caa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.044,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69001,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B384

secondary

#C48CA4

accent

#5289D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B384

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

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