#42A39B#42A39B

#42A39B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.091 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A39B
RGB	rgb(66, 163, 155)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -30.16, -4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 30.47, 188.20°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0903 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.091 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2577, 29.7170, 35.6197)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A39B #A3424A

analogous

#42A36B #42A39B #427AA3

triadic

#42A39B #9B42A3 #A39B42

tetradic

#42A39B #6B42A3 #A3424A #7AA342

square

#42A39B #6B42A3 #A3424A #7AA342

split-complementary

#42A39B #A3427A #A36B42

monochromatic

#1F4C48 #307772 #42A39B #63C0B8 #8ED1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#42A39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#42A39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A39B

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A39B	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 163, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.091 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81beb8',
    500: '#42a39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a39b;
$custom-light: #81beb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.052,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65618,
    "c": 0.09109,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A39B

secondary

#BC8489

accent

#5660D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A39B

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

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