#42B87E#42B87E

#42B87E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.136 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B87E
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 126)
HSL	hsl(151, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 31.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -46.51, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 50.63, 156.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.1267 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.136 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1510, 36.9432, 25.6453)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B87E #B8427C

analogous

#42B843 #42B87E #42B7B8

triadic

#42B87E #7E42B8 #B87E42

tetradic

#42B87E #4342B8 #B8427C #B7B842

square

#42B87E #4342B8 #B8427C #B7B842

split-complementary

#42B87E #B842B7 #B84342

monochromatic

#225E40 #328B5F #42B87E #6DCB9C #9ADBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B87E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#42B87E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B87E

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B87E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B87E	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AA7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b87e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.136 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cea3',
    500: '#42b87e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b87e;
$custom-light: #83cea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b87e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.508,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70139,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B87E

secondary

#C78FAA

accent

#5193D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B87E

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

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