#42A375#42A375

#42A375 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.115 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A375
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 117)
HSL	hsl(152, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(152, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 28.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -39.52, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 42.48, 158.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.1082 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.115 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5532, 28.6352, 21.3756)
Luminance	0.2864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A375 #A34270

analogous

#42A344 #42A375 #42A1A3

triadic

#42A375 #7542A3 #A37542

tetradic

#42A375 #4442A3 #A34270 #A1A342

square

#42A375 #4442A3 #A34270 #A1A342

split-complementary

#42A375 #A342A1 #A34442

monochromatic

#1F4C36 #307756 #42A375 #63C093 #8ED1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#42A375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#42A375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A375

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A375	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948E78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.115 159.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fbf9d',
    500: '#42a375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a375;
$custom-light: #7fbf9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.546,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64529,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A375

secondary

#BC849F

accent

#5691D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A375

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

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