#42A184#42A184

#42A184 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.100 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A184
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 132)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 18%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, -35.17, 6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 35.83, 169.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0988 0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.1 170)
XYZ	xyz(19.1545, 28.3120, 26.2807)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A184 #A1425F

analogous

#42A155 #42A184 #428FA1

triadic

#42A184 #8442A1 #A18442

tetradic

#42A184 #5542A1 #A1425F #8FA142

square

#42A184 #5542A1 #A1425F #8FA142

split-complementary

#42A184 #A1428F #A15542

monochromatic

#1E4A3D #307660 #42A184 #62BFA2 #8DD0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#42A184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#42A184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A184

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A184	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9783

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.100 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bda7',
    500: '#42a184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a184;
$custom-light: #80bda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.684,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64406,
    "c": 0.10032,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.28314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A184

secondary

#BB8394

accent

#567CD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A184

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

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