#42A577#42A577

#42A577 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.116 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A577
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 119)
HSL	hsl(152, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(152, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 27.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -39.96, 15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 42.83, 158.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.1095 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.116 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0299, 29.3986, 22.1208)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A577 #A54270

analogous

#42A545 #42A577 #42A1A5

triadic

#42A577 #7742A5 #A57742

tetradic

#42A577 #4542A5 #A54270 #A1A542

square

#42A577 #4542A5 #A54270 #A1A542

split-complementary

#42A577 #A542A1 #A54542

monochromatic

#1F4E38 #317957 #42A577 #63C195 #8FD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#42A577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#42A577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A577

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A577	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95907A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.116 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c09e',
    500: '#42a577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a577;
$custom-light: #80c09e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.121,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65093,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A577

secondary

#BD859F

accent

#558FD3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A577

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

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