#42A686#42A686

#42A686 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.105 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A686
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 134)
HSL	hsl(161, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(161, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 19.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -36.97, 7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 37.82, 167.81°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.1034 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.105 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1840, 30.1499, 27.3055)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A686 #A64262

analogous

#42A654 #42A686 #4294A6

triadic

#42A686 #8642A6 #A68642

tetradic

#42A686 #5442A6 #A64262 #94A642

square

#42A686 #5442A6 #A64262 #94A642

split-complementary

#42A686 #A64294 #A65442

monochromatic

#1F4E3F #317A63 #42A686 #64C1A3 #90D3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42A686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#42A686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A686

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A686	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.105 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c1a9',
    500: '#42a686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a686;
$custom-light: #80c1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65737,
    "c": 0.10542,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A686

secondary

#BE8698

accent

#557DD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A686

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

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