#42A480#42A480

#42A480 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A480
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 22%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -37.49, 10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 38.86, 164.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.1041 0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.107 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4166, 29.2658, 25.0435)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A480 #A44266

analogous

#42A44F #42A480 #4297A4

triadic

#42A480 #8042A4 #A48042

tetradic

#42A480 #4F42A4 #A44266 #97A442

square

#42A480 #4F42A4 #A44266 #97A442

split-complementary

#42A480 #A44297 #A44F42

monochromatic

#1F4D3C #30785E #42A480 #63C09E #8FD2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#42A480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#42A480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A480

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A480	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1997E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938F82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfa4',
    500: '#42a480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a480;
$custom-light: #80bfa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.959,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65064,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A480

secondary

#BD8599

accent

#5583D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A480

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

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