#42B883#42B883

#42B883 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.132 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B883
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 131)
HSL	hsl(153, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 28.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -45.46, 17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 48.69, 159.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.1243 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.132 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4817, 37.0755, 27.3871)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B883 #B84277

analogous

#42B848 #42B883 #42B2B8

triadic

#42B883 #8342B8 #B88342

tetradic

#42B883 #4842B8 #B84277 #B2B842

square

#42B883 #4842B8 #B84277 #B2B842

split-complementary

#42B883 #B842B2 #B84842

monochromatic

#225E43 #328B63 #42B883 #6DCBA0 #9ADBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B883 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#42B883 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B883

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B883	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B883	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69F86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b883;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.132 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cea7',
    500: '#42b883',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b883;
$custom-light: #83cea7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b883",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.051,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70253,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B883

secondary

#C78FA8

accent

#518DD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B883

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

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