#42B88B#42B88B

#42B88B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B88B
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 139)
HSL	hsl(157, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(157, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 24.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -43.70, 13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 45.68, 163.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.1205 0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.125 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0450, 37.3008, 30.3537)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B88B #B8426F

analogous

#42B850 #42B88B #42AAB8

triadic

#42B88B #8B42B8 #B88B42

tetradic

#42B88B #5042B8 #B8426F #AAB842

square

#42B88B #5042B8 #B8426F #AAB842

split-complementary

#42B88B #B842AA #B85042

monochromatic

#225E47 #328B69 #42B88B #6DCBA7 #9ADBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42B88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#42B88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B88B

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B88B	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A08E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cead',
    500: '#42b88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b88b;
$custom-light: #83cead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.119,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70446,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B88B

secondary

#C78FA4

accent

#5184D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B88B

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

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