#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
RGBrgb(66, 184, 125)
HSLhsl(150, 47%, 49%)
HSVhsv(150, 64%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(64.1%, 0%, 32.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LABlab(67.22, -46.72, 20.51)
CIE-LCHlch(67.22, 51.02, 156.30°)
OKLaboklab(70.12% -0.1271 0.0519)
OKLCHoklch(70.12% 0.137 157.8)
XYZxyz(23.0868, 36.9175, 25.3072)
Luminance0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42B87D1.002.508.388.38
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

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

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#42B87D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva