#42A792#42A792

#42A792 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.099 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A792
RGB	rgb(66, 167, 146)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 12.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -34.44, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 34.51, 176.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0988 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.099 177)
XYZ	xyz(21.2514, 30.8688, 32.0269)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A792 #A74257

analogous

#42A75F #42A792 #4289A7

triadic

#42A792 #9242A7 #A79242

tetradic

#42A792 #5F42A7 #A74257 #89A742

square

#42A792 #5F42A7 #A74257 #89A742

split-complementary

#42A792 #A74289 #A75F42

monochromatic

#1F4F45 #317B6C #42A792 #64C2AE #90D3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#42A792 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#42A792 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A792

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A792	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A792	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a792;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 167, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.099 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b1',
    500: '#42a792',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a792;
$custom-light: #81c1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a792",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.525,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66336,
    "c": 0.09899,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.30871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A792

secondary

#BE8692

accent

#556FD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A792

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

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