#42B987#42B987

#42B987 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B987
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 135)
HSL	hsl(155, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(155, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 27%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, -45.01, 15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 47.70, 160.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.1235 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.13 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9665, 37.6029, 28.9120)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B987 #B94274

analogous

#42B94C #42B987 #42B0B9

triadic

#42B987 #8742B9 #B98742

tetradic

#42B987 #4C42B9 #B94274 #B0B942

square

#42B987 #4C42B9 #B94274 #B0B942

split-complementary

#42B987 #B942B0 #B94C42

monochromatic

#225F45 #328C66 #42B987 #6DCBA4 #9ADBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42B987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#42B987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B987

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B987	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AC84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cfaa',
    500: '#42b987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b987;
$custom-light: #83cfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.79,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70602,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B987

secondary

#C790A7

accent

#5189D7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B987

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

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