#42B68E#42B68E

#42B68E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B68E
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 142)
HSL	hsl(159, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(159, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 22%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -42.15, 10.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 43.54, 165.50°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.117 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.12 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8547, 36.5646, 31.3865)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B68E #B6426A

analogous

#42B654 #42B68E #42A4B6

triadic

#42B68E #8E42B6 #B68E42

tetradic

#42B68E #5442B6 #B6426A #A4B642

square

#42B68E #5442B6 #B6426A #A4B642

split-complementary

#42B68E #B642A4 #B65442

monochromatic

#215C48 #32896B #42B68E #6CCAA9 #99DAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#42B68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#42B68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B68E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B68E	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)

#B2AA8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccaf',
    500: '#42b68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b68e;
$custom-light: #83ccaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70016,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B68E

secondary

#C68EA1

accent

#517FD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B68E

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

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