#42A87D#42A87D

#42A87D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.115 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A87D
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 125)
HSL	hsl(155, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 25.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -39.94, 13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 42.19, 161.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.1099 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.115 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9492, 30.6422, 24.2613)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A87D #A8426D

analogous

#42A84A #42A87D #42A0A8

triadic

#42A87D #7D42A8 #A87D42

tetradic

#42A87D #4A42A8 #A8426D #A0A842

square

#42A87D #4A42A8 #A8426D #A0A842

split-complementary

#42A87D #A842A0 #A84A42

monochromatic

#1F503C #317C5C #42A87D #65C29B #91D4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#42A87D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#42A87D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A87D

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A87D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A87D	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a87d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.115 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2a2',
    500: '#42a87d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a87d;
$custom-light: #80c2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a87d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.706,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66013,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A87D

secondary

#BF879E

accent

#548AD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A87D

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

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