#42A474#42A474

#42A474 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A474
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 116)
HSL	hsl(151, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(151, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 29.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -40.17, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 43.44, 157.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.1098 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.118 159)
XYZ	xyz(18.6729, 28.9683, 21.1270)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A474 #A44272

analogous

#42A443 #42A474 #42A3A4

triadic

#42A474 #7442A4 #A47442

tetradic

#42A474 #4342A4 #A44272 #A3A442

square

#42A474 #4342A4 #A44272 #A3A442

split-complementary

#42A474 #A442A3 #A44342

monochromatic

#1F4D36 #307855 #42A474 #63C093 #8FD2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#42A474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#42A474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A474

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A474	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17A397

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c09c',
    500: '#42a474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a474;
$custom-light: #80c09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.612,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64763,
    "c": 0.1176,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.2897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A474

secondary

#BD85A0

accent

#5593D2

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A474

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

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