#42A58D#42A58D

#42A58D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.099 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A58D
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 141)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 14.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -34.79, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 35.00, 173.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.099 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.099 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5074, 29.9895, 29.9020)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A58D #A5425A

analogous

#42A55C #42A58D #428BA5

triadic

#42A58D #8D42A5 #A58D42

tetradic

#42A58D #5C42A5 #A5425A #8BA542

square

#42A58D #5C42A5 #A5425A #8BA542

split-complementary

#42A58D #A5428B #A55C42

monochromatic

#1F4E42 #317968 #42A58D #63C1AA #8FD2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#42A58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#42A58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A58D

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A58D	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09B8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91908F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.099 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c0ae',
    500: '#42a58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a58d;
$custom-light: #80c0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.455,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A58D

secondary

#BD8593

accent

#5574D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A58D

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

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