#42A482#42A482

#42A482 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.106 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A482
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 130)
HSL	hsl(159, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(159, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 20.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -37.02, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 38.14, 166.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.1031 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.106 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5495, 29.3189, 25.7436)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A482 #A44264

analogous

#42A451 #42A482 #4295A4

triadic

#42A482 #8242A4 #A48242

tetradic

#42A482 #5142A4 #A44264 #95A442

square

#42A482 #5142A4 #A44264 #95A442

split-complementary

#42A482 #A44295 #A45142

monochromatic

#1F4D3D #30785F #42A482 #63C0A0 #8FD2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#42A482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#42A482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A482

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A482	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.106 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfa6',
    500: '#42a482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a482;
$custom-light: #80bfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.184,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65117,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A482

secondary

#BD8598

accent

#5581D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A482

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

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