#42A080#42A080

#42A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.102 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A080
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(160, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(160, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -35.68, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 36.67, 166.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0996 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.102 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7120, 27.8566, 24.8086)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A080 #A04262

analogous

#42A051 #42A080 #4291A0

triadic

#42A080 #8042A0 #A08042

tetradic

#42A080 #5142A0 #A04262 #91A042

square

#42A080 #5142A0 #A04262 #91A042

split-complementary

#42A080 #A04291 #A05142

monochromatic

#1E493B #30755D #42A080 #61BE9E #8DD0B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#42A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#42A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A080

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A080	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C967E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8C82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.102 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbda4',
    500: '#42a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a080;
$custom-light: #7fbda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.574,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64039,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A080

secondary

#BB8396

accent

#5680D1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A080

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

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