#42996E#42996E

#42996E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.107 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42996E
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(150, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(150, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, -36.61, 14.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 39.52, 157.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.1003 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.107 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4510, 25.0650, 18.7199)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42996E #99426D

analogous

#429943 #42996E #429899

triadic

#42996E #6E4299 #996E42

tetradic

#42996E #434299 #99426D #989942

square

#42996E #434299 #99426D #989942

split-complementary

#42996E #994298 #994342

monochromatic

#1D4331 #306E4F #42996E #5EBA8D #89CCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#42996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#42996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42996E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42996E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.107 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb797',
    500: '#42996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42996e;
$custom-light: #7eb797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.345,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61767,
    "c": 0.10724,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42996E

secondary

#B7809B

accent

#5893D0

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A110D

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42996E

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

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