#42B682#42B682

#42B682 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B682
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 130)
HSL	hsl(153, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 28.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -44.84, 17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 47.98, 159.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.1227 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.13 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0018, 36.2235, 26.8944)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B682 #B64276

analogous

#42B648 #42B682 #42B0B6

triadic

#42B682 #8242B6 #B68242

tetradic

#42B682 #4842B6 #B64276 #B0B642

square

#42B682 #4842B6 #B64276 #B0B642

split-complementary

#42B682 #B642B0 #B64842

monochromatic

#215C42 #328962 #42B682 #6CCA9F #99DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#42B682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#42B682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B682

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B682	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cda6',
    500: '#42b682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b682;
$custom-light: #83cda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.103,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69719,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B682

secondary

#C68EA7

accent

#518DD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B682

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

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