#42B87D#42B87D

#42B87D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.137 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B87D
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 125)
HSL	hsl(150, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(150, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 32.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -46.72, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 51.02, 156.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.1271 0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.137 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0868, 36.9175, 25.3072)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B87D #B8427D

analogous

#42B842 #42B87D #42B8B8

triadic

#42B87D #7D42B8 #B87D42

tetradic

#42B87D #4242B8 #B8427D #B8B842

square

#42B87D #4242B8 #B8427D #B8B842

split-complementary

#42B87D #B842B8 #B84242

monochromatic

#225E40 #328B5E #42B87D #6DCB9C #9ADBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#42B87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B87D

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B87D	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AA79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.137 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cea3',
    500: '#42b87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b87d;
$custom-light: #83cea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B87D

secondary

#C78FAB

accent

#5194D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F3

border

#CBD2CD

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B87D

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

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