#42A87F#42A87F

#42A87F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.114 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A87F
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 127)
HSL	hsl(156, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(156, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 24.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -39.49, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 41.44, 162.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.06% -0.109 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(66.06% 0.114 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0782, 30.6938, 24.9409)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A87F #A8426B

analogous

#42A84C #42A87F #429EA8

triadic

#42A87F #7F42A8 #A87F42

tetradic

#42A87F #4C42A8 #A8426B #9EA842

square

#42A87F #4C42A8 #A8426B #9EA842

split-complementary

#42A87F #A8429E #A84C42

monochromatic

#1F503D #317C5E #42A87F #65C29D #91D4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#42A87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A87F

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A87F	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01A89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.114 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c2a4',
    500: '#42a87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a87f;
$custom-light: #80c2a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.882,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66063,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A87F

secondary

#BF879D

accent

#5487D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A87F

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

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