#42A591#42A591

#42A591 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.097 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A591
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 145)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 12.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -33.77, 1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 33.82, 176.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0971 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.097 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8104, 30.1107, 31.4978)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A591 #A54256

analogous

#42A560 #42A591 #4287A5

triadic

#42A591 #9142A5 #A59142

tetradic

#42A591 #6042A5 #A54256 #87A542

square

#42A591 #6042A5 #A54256 #87A542

split-complementary

#42A591 #A54287 #A56042

monochromatic

#1F4E44 #31796B #42A591 #63C1AE #8FD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42A591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#42A591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A591

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A591	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.097 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0b1',
    500: '#42a591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a591;
$custom-light: #81c0b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.879,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A591

secondary

#BD8591

accent

#556FD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A591

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

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