#42A796#42A796

#42A796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.097 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A796
RGB	rgb(66, 167, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 0%, 10.2%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -33.41, 0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 33.41, 179.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.097 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.097 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5680, 30.9955, 33.6943)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A796 #A74253

analogous

#42A763 #42A796 #4285A7

triadic

#42A796 #9642A7 #A79642

tetradic

#42A796 #6342A7 #A74253 #85A742

square

#42A796 #6342A7 #A74253 #85A742

split-complementary

#42A796 #A74285 #A76342

monochromatic

#1F4F47 #317B6F #42A796 #64C2B2 #90D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#42A796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#42A796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A796

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A796	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 167, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.097 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b4',
    500: '#42a796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a796;
$custom-light: #81c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.901,
    "s": 43.348,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66459,
    "c": 0.09698,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A796

secondary

#BE8690

accent

#556AD3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A796

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

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