#42B481#42B481

#42B481 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B481
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 129)
HSL	hsl(153, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(153, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 28.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -44.21, 16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 47.27, 159.27°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.121 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.128 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5283, 35.3834, 26.4071)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B481 #B44275

analogous

#42B448 #42B481 #42AEB4

triadic

#42B481 #8142B4 #B48142

tetradic

#42B481 #4842B4 #B44275 #AEB442

square

#42B481 #4842B4 #B44275 #AEB442

split-complementary

#42B481 #B442AE #B44842

monochromatic

#215A41 #328761 #42B481 #6BC99F #97D9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#42B481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#42B481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B481

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B481	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A77E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cba5',
    500: '#42b481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b481;
$custom-light: #82cba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.158,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69184,
    "c": 0.12829,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B481

secondary

#C58DA6

accent

#528DD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B481

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

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