#42A191#42A191

#42A191 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.093 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A191
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 145)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 9.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.51, -31.88, -0.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.51, 31.88, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0927 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.093 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1002, 28.6903, 31.2611)
Luminance	0.2869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A191 #A14252

analogous

#42A162 #42A191 #4282A1

triadic

#42A191 #9142A1 #A19142

tetradic

#42A191 #6242A1 #A14252 #82A142

square

#42A191 #6242A1 #A14252 #82A142

split-complementary

#42A191 #A14282 #A16242

monochromatic

#1E4A43 #30766A #42A191 #62BFAF #8DD0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#42A191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#42A191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A191

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A191	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8D92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.093 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdb1',
    500: '#42a191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a191;
$custom-light: #80bdb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.895,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64792,
    "c": 0.09266,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A191

secondary

#BB838D

accent

#566BD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A191

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

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