#42A290#42A290

#42A290 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.094 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A290
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 144)
HSL	hsl(169, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 11.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -32.62, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 32.63, 178.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0942 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.094 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1988, 29.0105, 30.9153)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A290 #A24254

analogous

#42A260 #42A290 #4284A2

triadic

#42A290 #9042A2 #A29042

tetradic

#42A290 #6042A2 #A24254 #84A242

square

#42A290 #6042A2 #A24254 #84A242

split-complementary

#42A290 #A24284 #A26042

monochromatic

#1F4B43 #307769 #42A290 #62BFAE #8ED1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#42A290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#42A290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A290

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A290	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C998F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.094 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb0',
    500: '#42a290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a290;
$custom-light: #80beb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65013,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A290

secondary

#BC848E

accent

#566DD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A290

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

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