#42B88D#42B88D

#42B88D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.124 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B88D
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 141)
HSL	hsl(158, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 23.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -43.24, 12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 44.95, 164.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.1196 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.124 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1925, 37.3598, 31.1303)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B88D #B8426D

analogous

#42B852 #42B88D #42A8B8

triadic

#42B88D #8D42B8 #B88D42

tetradic

#42B88D #5242B8 #B8426D #A8B842

square

#42B88D #5242B8 #B8426D #A8B842

split-complementary

#42B88D #B842A8 #B85242

monochromatic

#225E48 #328B6A #42B88D #6DCBA8 #9ADBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42B88D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#42B88D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B88D

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B88D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B88D	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AB8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b88d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.124 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceae',
    500: '#42b88d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b88d;
$custom-light: #83ceae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b88d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.136,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70497,
    "c": 0.12363,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B88D

secondary

#C78FA3

accent

#5182D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B88D

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

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