#42B985#42B985

#42B985 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B985
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 133)
HSL	hsl(154, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(154, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 28.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -45.45, 16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 48.46, 159.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.1244 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.132 161)
XYZ	xyz(23.8270, 37.5471, 28.1774)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B985 #B94276

analogous

#42B94A #42B985 #42B1B9

triadic

#42B985 #8542B9 #B98542

tetradic

#42B985 #4A42B9 #B94276 #B1B942

square

#42B985 #4A42B9 #B94276 #B1B942

split-complementary

#42B985 #B942B1 #B94A42

monochromatic

#225F44 #328C65 #42B985 #6DCBA2 #9ADBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#42B985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B985

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B985	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A088

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfa8',
    500: '#42b985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b985;
$custom-light: #83cfa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.782,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70555,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.3755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B985

secondary

#C790A8

accent

#518BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B985

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

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