#42A18E#42A18E

#42A18E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.094 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A18E
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 11.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -32.66, 1.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 32.70, 177.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0941 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.094 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8719, 28.5990, 30.0589)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A18E #A14255

analogous

#42A15F #42A18E #4285A1

triadic

#42A18E #8E42A1 #A18E42

tetradic

#42A18E #5F42A1 #A14255 #85A142

square

#42A18E #5F42A1 #A14255 #85A142

split-complementary

#42A18E #A14285 #A15F42

monochromatic

#1E4A41 #307668 #42A18E #62BFAC #8DD0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#42A18E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#42A18E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A18E

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A18E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A18E	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B988D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a18e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.094 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdaf',
    500: '#42a18e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a18e;
$custom-light: #80bdaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a18e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64699,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A18E

secondary

#BB838F

accent

#566FD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A18E

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

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