#42B87F#42B87F

#42B87F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.136 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B87F
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 127)
HSL	hsl(151, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 31%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -46.30, 19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 50.23, 157.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.1262 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.136 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2159, 36.9691, 25.9868)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B87F #B8427B

analogous

#42B844 #42B87F #42B6B8

triadic

#42B87F #7F42B8 #B87F42

tetradic

#42B87F #4442B8 #B8427B #B6B842

square

#42B87F #4442B8 #B8427B #B6B842

split-complementary

#42B87F #B842B6 #B84442

monochromatic

#225E41 #328B60 #42B87F #6DCB9D #9ADBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#42B87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B87F

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B87F	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)

#B6AA7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.136 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cea4',
    500: '#42b87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b87f;
$custom-light: #83cea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.017,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70161,
    "c": 0.1355,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B87F

secondary

#C78FAA

accent

#5192D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B87F

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

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