#42A77D#42A77D

#42A77D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.114 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A77D
RGB	rgb(66, 167, 125)
HSL	hsl(155, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 25.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -39.51, 13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 41.64, 161.59°)
OKLab	oklab(65.76% -0.1088 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(65.76% 0.114 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7653, 30.2744, 24.2000)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A77D #A7426C

analogous

#42A74B #42A77D #429EA7

triadic

#42A77D #7D42A7 #A77D42

tetradic

#42A77D #4B42A7 #A7426C #9EA742

square

#42A77D #4B42A7 #A7426C #9EA742

split-complementary

#42A77D #A7429E #A74B42

monochromatic

#1F4F3B #317B5C #42A77D #64C29B #90D3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#42A77D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#42A77D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A77D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A77D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A77D	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a77d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 167, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.114 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2a2',
    500: '#42a77d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a77d;
$custom-light: #80c2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a77d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.05,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65756,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A77D

secondary

#BE869E

accent

#5589D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A77D

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

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