#42A588#42A588

#42A588 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.103 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A588
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 136)
HSL	hsl(162, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 17.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -36.03, 6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 36.61, 169.79°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.1014 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.103 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1437, 29.8441, 27.9867)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A588 #A5425F

analogous

#42A556 #42A588 #4290A5

triadic

#42A588 #8842A5 #A58842

tetradic

#42A588 #5642A5 #A5425F #90A542

square

#42A588 #5642A5 #A5425F #90A542

split-complementary

#42A588 #A54290 #A55642

monochromatic

#1F4E40 #317964 #42A588 #63C1A5 #8FD2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#42A588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#42A588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A588

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A588	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92908A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.103 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0aa',
    500: '#42a588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a588;
$custom-light: #80c0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.424,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65538,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A588

secondary

#BD8596

accent

#557AD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A588

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

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