#42A679#42A679

#42A679 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.116 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A679
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 121)
HSL	hsl(153, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(153, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 27.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -39.96, 14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 42.61, 159.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% -0.1096 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.116 161)
XYZ	xyz(19.3324, 29.8093, 22.8204)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A679 #A6426F

analogous

#42A647 #42A679 #42A1A6

triadic

#42A679 #7942A6 #A67942

tetradic

#42A679 #4742A6 #A6426F #A1A642

square

#42A679 #4742A6 #A6426F #A1A642

split-complementary

#42A679 #A642A1 #A64742

monochromatic

#1F4E39 #317A59 #42A679 #64C197 #90D3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#42A679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#42A679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A679

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A679	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)

#A49A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96907C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FA69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.116 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c19f',
    500: '#42a679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a679;
$custom-light: #80c19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.654,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.29811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A679

secondary

#BE869F

accent

#558ED3

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF7F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A679

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

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