#42A08E#42A08E

#42A08E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.093 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A08E
RGB	rgb(66, 160, 142)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -32.19, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 32.21, 178.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0929 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.093 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6978, 28.2509, 30.0008)
Luminance	0.2825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A08E #A04254

analogous

#42A05F #42A08E #4283A0

triadic

#42A08E #8E42A0 #A08E42

tetradic

#42A08E #5F42A0 #A04254 #83A042

square

#42A08E #5F42A0 #A04254 #83A042

split-complementary

#42A08E #A04283 #A05F42

monochromatic

#1E4941 #307568 #42A08E #61BEAC #8DD0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#42A08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#42A08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A08E

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A08E	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A978D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 160, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.093 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bcaf',
    500: '#42a08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a08e;
$custom-light: #80bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.511,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64446,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A08E

secondary

#BB838E

accent

#566ED1

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A08E

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

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