#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
RGBrgb(66, 185, 130)
HSLhsl(152, 47%, 49%)
HSVhsv(152, 64%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(64.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.62, -46.09, 18.37)
CIE-LCHlch(67.62, 49.61, 158.26°)
OKLaboklab(70.49% -0.1258 0.0466)
OKLCHoklch(70.49% 0.134 159.7)
XYZxyz(23.6227, 37.4654, 27.1014)
Luminance0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42B9821.002.478.498.49
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4921.001.001.00
##0000008.4921.001.001.00

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

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#42B982 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva