#42B68B#42B68B

#42B68B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.123 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B68B
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 139)
HSL	hsl(158, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 23.6%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -42.84, 12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 44.61, 163.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.1184 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.123 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6325, 36.4757, 30.2162)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B68B #B6426D

analogous

#42B651 #42B68B #42A7B6

triadic

#42B68B #8B42B6 #B68B42

tetradic

#42B68B #5142B6 #B6426D #A7B642

square

#42B68B #5142B6 #B6426D #A7B642

split-complementary

#42B68B #B642A7 #B65142

monochromatic

#215C46 #328969 #42B68B #6CCAA7 #99DAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#42B68B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#42B68B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B68B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B68B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B68B	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b68b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.123 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccad',
    500: '#42b68b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b68b;
$custom-light: #83ccad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b68b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.759,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69939,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B68B

secondary

#C68EA3

accent

#5183D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B68B

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

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