#42A587#42A587

#42A587 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A587
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 135)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 18.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -36.27, 7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 36.95, 169.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.1018 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.103 170)
XYZ	xyz(20.0730, 29.8158, 27.6141)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A587 #A54260

analogous

#42A555 #42A587 #4291A5

triadic

#42A587 #8742A5 #A58742

tetradic

#42A587 #5542A5 #A54260 #91A542

square

#42A587 #5542A5 #A54260 #91A542

split-complementary

#42A587 #A54291 #A55542

monochromatic

#1F4E3F #317963 #42A587 #63C1A4 #8FD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#42A587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#42A587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A587

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A587	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0aa',
    500: '#42a587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a587;
$custom-light: #80c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.818,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6551,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.29818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A587

secondary

#BD8596

accent

#557BD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A587

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

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