#42B784#42B784

#42B784 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.130 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B784
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 132)
HSL	hsl(154, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 27.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -44.83, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 47.76, 159.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.1228 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.13 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3428, 36.6887, 27.6768)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B784 #B74275

analogous

#42B74A #42B784 #42B0B7

triadic

#42B784 #8442B7 #B78442

tetradic

#42B784 #4A42B7 #B74275 #B0B742

square

#42B784 #4A42B7 #B74275 #B0B742

split-complementary

#42B784 #B742B0 #B74A42

monochromatic

#225D43 #328A64 #42B784 #6CCAA1 #99DABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42B784 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#42B784 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B784

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B784	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B784	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AA81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b784;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.130 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cda8',
    500: '#42b784',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b784;
$custom-light: #83cda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b784",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.846,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70021,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B784

secondary

#C68FA7

accent

#518BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C130F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B784

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

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