#42B685#42B685

#42B685 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.128 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B685
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 26.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -44.19, 15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 46.84, 160.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.1212 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.128 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2061, 36.3052, 27.9704)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B685 #B64273

analogous

#42B64B #42B685 #42ADB6

triadic

#42B685 #8542B6 #B68542

tetradic

#42B685 #4B42B6 #B64273 #ADB642

square

#42B685 #4B42B6 #B64273 #ADB642

split-complementary

#42B685 #B642AD #B64B42

monochromatic

#215C43 #328964 #42B685 #6CCAA2 #99DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#42B685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#42B685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B685

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B685	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.128 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cda8',
    500: '#42b685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b685;
$custom-light: #83cda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.655,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6979,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B685

secondary

#C68EA6

accent

#518AD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B685

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

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