#42A07D#42A07D

#42A07D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A07D
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 125)
HSL	hsl(158, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(158, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 21.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -36.39, 10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 37.75, 164.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.101 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.104 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5174, 27.7787, 23.7840)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A07D #A04265

analogous

#42A04E #42A07D #4294A0

triadic

#42A07D #7D42A0 #A07D42

tetradic

#42A07D #4E42A0 #A04265 #94A042

square

#42A07D #4E42A0 #A04265 #94A042

split-complementary

#42A07D #A04294 #A04E42

monochromatic

#1E4939 #30755B #42A07D #61BE9B #8DD0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#42A07D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#42A07D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A07D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A07D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A07D	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D967B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8C7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a07d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbda2',
    500: '#42a07d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a07d;
$custom-light: #7fbda2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a07d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.66,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63958,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A07D

secondary

#BB8398

accent

#5684D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A07D

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

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