#42B982#42B982

#42B982 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.134 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B982
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 130)
HSL	hsl(152, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(152, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -46.09, 18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 49.61, 158.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.1258 0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.134 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6227, 37.4654, 27.1014)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B982 #B94279

analogous

#42B947 #42B982 #42B5B9

triadic

#42B982 #8242B9 #B98242

tetradic

#42B982 #4742B9 #B94279 #B5B942

square

#42B982 #4742B9 #B94279 #B5B942

split-complementary

#42B982 #B942B5 #B94742

monochromatic

#225F43 #328C62 #42B982 #6DCBA0 #9ADBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B982 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#42B982 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B982

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B982	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B982	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AB7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A086

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b982;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.134 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfa6',
    500: '#42b982',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b982;
$custom-light: #83cfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b982",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.269,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70485,
    "c": 0.13419,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B982

secondary

#C790A9

accent

#518FD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B982

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

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