#42A397#42A397

#42A397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.092 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A397
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 151)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 7.4%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -31.24, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 31.32, 184.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0921 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.092 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9274, 29.5849, 33.8797)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A397 #A3424E

analogous

#42A366 #42A397 #427FA3

triadic

#42A397 #9742A3 #A39742

tetradic

#42A397 #6642A3 #A3424E #7FA342

square

#42A397 #6642A3 #A3424E #7FA342

split-complementary

#42A397 #A3427F #A36642

monochromatic

#1F4C46 #30776F #42A397 #63C0B4 #8ED1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#42A397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#42A397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A397

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A397	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.092 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81beb5',
    500: '#42a397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a397;
$custom-light: #81beb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.577,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65486,
    "c": 0.09234,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A397

secondary

#BC848B

accent

#5665D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A397

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

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