#42A48E#42A48E

#42A48E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.098 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A48E
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 142)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 13.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -34.07, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 34.19, 175.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0974 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.098 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4024, 29.6601, 30.2357)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A48E #A44258

analogous

#42A45D #42A48E #4289A4

triadic

#42A48E #8E42A4 #A48E42

tetradic

#42A48E #5D42A4 #A44258 #89A442

square

#42A48E #5D42A4 #A44258 #89A442

split-complementary

#42A48E #A44289 #A45D42

monochromatic

#1F4D42 #307868 #42A48E #63C0AB #8FD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#42A48E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#42A48E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A48E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A48E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A48E	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.098 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bfaf',
    500: '#42a48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a48e;
$custom-light: #80bfaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.531,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65458,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A48E

secondary

#BD8591

accent

#5571D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A48E

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

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