#42A280#42A280

#42A280 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.105 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A280
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(159, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 21%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -36.59, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 37.76, 165.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.1018 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.105 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0615, 28.5556, 24.9251)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A280 #A24264

analogous

#42A250 #42A280 #4294A2

triadic

#42A280 #8042A2 #A28042

tetradic

#42A280 #5042A2 #A24264 #94A242

square

#42A280 #5042A2 #A24264 #94A242

split-complementary

#42A280 #A24294 #A25042

monochromatic

#1F4B3B #30775E #42A280 #62BF9E #8ED1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#42A280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#42A280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A280

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A280	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F987E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918E82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.105 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bea4',
    500: '#42a280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a280;
$custom-light: #80bea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64551,
    "c": 0.10462,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A280

secondary

#BC8498

accent

#5682D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A280

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

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