#42B387#42B387

#42B387 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.122 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B387
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 135)
HSL	hsl(157, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(157, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 24.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -42.46, 13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 44.47, 162.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.1171 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.122 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7378, 35.1454, 28.5024)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B387 #B3426E

analogous

#42B34E #42B387 #42A6B3

triadic

#42B387 #8742B3 #B38742

tetradic

#42B387 #4E42B3 #B3426E #A6B342

square

#42B387 #4E42B3 #B3426E #A6B342

split-complementary

#42B387 #B342A6 #B34E42

monochromatic

#215A44 #328665 #42B387 #6AC8A3 #97D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#42B387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#42B387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B387

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B387	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.122 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caaa',
    500: '#42b387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b387;
$custom-light: #82caaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.637,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69075,
    "c": 0.12187,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B387

secondary

#C48CA2

accent

#5285D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B387

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

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