#42B484#42B484

#42B484 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B484
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 132)
HSL	hsl(155, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(155, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 26.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -43.56, 15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 46.13, 160.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.1196 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.126 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7307, 35.4643, 27.4727)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B484 #B44272

analogous

#42B44B #42B484 #42ABB4

triadic

#42B484 #8442B4 #B48442

tetradic

#42B484 #4B42B4 #B44272 #ABB442

square

#42B484 #4B42B4 #B44272 #ABB442

split-complementary

#42B484 #B442AB #B44B42

monochromatic

#215A42 #328763 #42B484 #6BC9A1 #97D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#42B484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#42B484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B484

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B484	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82cba8',
    500: '#42b484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b484;
$custom-light: #82cba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69256,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B484

secondary

#C58DA4

accent

#5289D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B484

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

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