#42A28E#42A28E

#42A28E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.095 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A28E
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 142)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 12.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -33.14, 1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 33.20, 176.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0952 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.095 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0473, 28.9499, 30.1173)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A28E #A24256

analogous

#42A25E #42A28E #4286A2

triadic

#42A28E #8E42A2 #A28E42

tetradic

#42A28E #5E42A2 #A24256 #86A242

square

#42A28E #5E42A2 #A24256 #86A242

split-complementary

#42A28E #A24286 #A25E42

monochromatic

#1F4B42 #307768 #42A28E #62BFAC #8ED1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#42A28E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#42A28E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A28E

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A28E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A28E	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a28e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.095 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beaf',
    500: '#42a28e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a28e;
$custom-light: #80beaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a28e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64952,
    "c": 0.0953,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A28E

secondary

#BC8490

accent

#5670D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A28E

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

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