#42A387#42A387

#42A387 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.101 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A387
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 135)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 17.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -35.36, 6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 35.88, 170.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65% -0.0996 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.101 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7151, 29.0999, 27.4948)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A387 #A3425E

analogous

#42A356 #42A387 #428FA3

triadic

#42A387 #8742A3 #A38742

tetradic

#42A387 #5642A3 #A3425E #8FA342

square

#42A387 #5642A3 #A3425E #8FA342

split-complementary

#42A387 #A3428F #A35642

monochromatic

#1F4C3F #307763 #42A387 #63C0A5 #8ED1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#42A387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#42A387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A387

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A387	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9986

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.101 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfaa',
    500: '#42a387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a387;
$custom-light: #80bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.68,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65,
    "c": 0.10083,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A387

secondary

#BC8495

accent

#567AD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A387

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

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