#42B984#42B984

#42B984 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.132 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B984
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 132)
HSL	hsl(153, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(153, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 28.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -45.66, 17.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 48.84, 159.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.1249 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.132 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7583, 37.5196, 27.8153)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B984 #B94277

analogous

#42B949 #42B984 #42B3B9

triadic

#42B984 #8442B9 #B98442

tetradic

#42B984 #4942B9 #B94277 #B3B942

square

#42B984 #4942B9 #B94277 #B3B942

split-complementary

#42B984 #B942B3 #B94942

monochromatic

#225F44 #328C64 #42B984 #6DCBA1 #9ADBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B984 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#42B984 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B984

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B984	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B984	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A087

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b984;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.132 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfa8',
    500: '#42b984',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b984;
$custom-light: #83cfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b984",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.277,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70531,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B984

secondary

#C790A8

accent

#518DD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B984

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

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