#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
RGBrgb(66, 162, 128)
HSLhsl(159, 42%, 45%)
HSVhsv(159, 59%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(59.3%, 0%, 21%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.39, -36.59, 9.36)
CIE-LCHlch(60.39, 37.76, 165.65°)
OKLaboklab(64.55% -0.1018 0.024)
OKLCHoklch(64.55% 0.105 166.8)
XYZxyz(19.0615, 28.5556, 24.9251)
Luminance0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42A2801.003.136.716.71
#FFFFFF3.131.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7121.001.001.00
##0000006.7121.001.001.00

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

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#42A280 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva