#42B97F#42B97F

#42B97F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B97F
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 127)
HSL	hsl(151, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(151, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 31.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.57, -46.71, 19.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.57, 50.78, 156.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.1272 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.137 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4243, 37.3860, 26.0563)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B97F #B9427C

analogous

#42B944 #42B97F #42B8B9

triadic

#42B97F #7F42B9 #B97F42

tetradic

#42B97F #4442B9 #B9427C #B8B942

square

#42B97F #4442B9 #B9427C #B8B942

split-complementary

#42B97F #B942B8 #B94442

monochromatic

#225F41 #328C60 #42B97F #6DCB9D #9ADBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42B97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#42B97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B97F

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B97F	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A083

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfa4',
    500: '#42b97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b97f;
$custom-light: #83cfa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.756,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70417,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B97F

secondary

#C790AB

accent

#5192D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B97F

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

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