#42B68D#42B68D

#42B68D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B68D
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 141)
HSL	hsl(159, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 22.5%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -42.38, 11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 43.89, 164.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.99% -0.1174 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(69.99% 0.121 166)
XYZ	xyz(23.7800, 36.5347, 30.9928)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B68D #B6426B

analogous

#42B653 #42B68D #42A5B6

triadic

#42B68D #8D42B6 #B68D42

tetradic

#42B68D #5342B6 #B6426B #A5B642

square

#42B68D #5342B6 #B6426B #A5B642

split-complementary

#42B68D #B642A5 #B65342

monochromatic

#215C47 #32896A #42B68D #6CCAA8 #99DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#42B68D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#42B68D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B68D

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B68D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B68D	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AA8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b68d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccae',
    500: '#42b68d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b68d;
$custom-light: #83ccae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b68d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.793,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6999,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B68D

secondary

#C68EA2

accent

#5180D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B68D

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

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