#42B686#42B686

#42B686 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.127 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B686
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 134)
HSL	hsl(155, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 26.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -43.97, 15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 46.46, 161.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% -0.1208 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.127 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2755, 36.3329, 28.3360)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B686 #B64272

analogous

#42B64C #42B686 #42ACB6

triadic

#42B686 #8642B6 #B68642

tetradic

#42B686 #4C42B6 #B64272 #ACB642

square

#42B686 #4C42B6 #B64272 #ACB642

split-complementary

#42B686 #B642AC #B64C42

monochromatic

#215C44 #328965 #42B686 #6CCAA3 #99DABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#42B686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#42B686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B686

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B686	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.127 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cda9',
    500: '#42b686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b686;
$custom-light: #83cda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.172,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69815,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B686

secondary

#C68EA5

accent

#5188D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B686

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

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