#42A487#42A487

#42A487 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.102 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A487
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 135)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 17.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -35.82, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 36.41, 169.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.1007 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.102 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8933, 29.4565, 27.5543)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A487 #A4425F

analogous

#42A456 #42A487 #4290A4

triadic

#42A487 #8742A4 #A48742

tetradic

#42A487 #5642A4 #A4425F #90A442

square

#42A487 #5642A4 #A4425F #90A442

split-complementary

#42A487 #A44290 #A45642

monochromatic

#1F4D3F #307863 #42A487 #63C0A5 #8FD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#42A487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#42A487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A487

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A487	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.102 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfaa',
    500: '#42a487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a487;
$custom-light: #80bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.245,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65255,
    "c": 0.10211,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A487

secondary

#BD8595

accent

#557AD2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A487

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

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