#42A488#42A488

#42A488 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.101 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A488
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(163, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 17.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -35.57, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 36.08, 170.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.1003 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.101 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.9640, 29.4848, 27.9268)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A488 #A4425E

analogous

#42A457 #42A488 #428FA4

triadic

#42A488 #8842A4 #A48842

tetradic

#42A488 #5742A4 #A4425E #8FA442

square

#42A488 #5742A4 #A4425E #8FA442

split-complementary

#42A488 #A4428F #A45742

monochromatic

#1F4D40 #307864 #42A488 #63C0A6 #8FD2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#42A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#42A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A488

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A488	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.101 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfaa',
    500: '#42a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a488;
$custom-light: #80bfaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65283,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A488

secondary

#BD8595

accent

#5579D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A488

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

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