#42A682#42A682

#42A682 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.108 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A682
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 130)
HSL	hsl(158, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(158, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 21.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -37.92, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 39.23, 165.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.1053 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.108 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9103, 30.0404, 25.8639)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A682 #A64266

analogous

#42A650 #42A682 #4298A6

triadic

#42A682 #8242A6 #A68242

tetradic

#42A682 #5042A6 #A64266 #98A642

square

#42A682 #5042A6 #A64266 #98A642

split-complementary

#42A682 #A64298 #A65042

monochromatic

#1F4E3D #317A60 #42A682 #64C1A0 #90D3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#42A682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#42A682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A682

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A682	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.108 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1a6',
    500: '#42a682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a682;
$custom-light: #80c1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.4,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65629,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A682

secondary

#BE869A

accent

#5582D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A682

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

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