#42A684#42A684

#42A684 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.107 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A684
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 132)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(160, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 20.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -37.45, 9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 38.52, 166.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.1044 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.107 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0458, 30.0946, 26.5778)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A684 #A64264

analogous

#42A652 #42A684 #4296A6

triadic

#42A684 #8442A6 #A68442

tetradic

#42A684 #5242A6 #A64264 #96A642

square

#42A684 #5242A6 #A64264 #96A642

split-complementary

#42A684 #A64296 #A65242

monochromatic

#1F4E3E #317A61 #42A684 #64C1A2 #90D3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42A684 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#42A684 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A684

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A684	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A684	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)

#A29B82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949186

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a684;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.107 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1a7',
    500: '#42a684',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a684;
$custom-light: #80c1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a684",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65682,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A684

secondary

#BE8699

accent

#5580D3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A684

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

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