#42A88D#42A88D

#42A88D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.103 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A88D
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 16.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, -36.17, 5.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 36.54, 171.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.1023 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.103 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.0548, 31.0845, 30.0844)
Luminance	0.3109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A88D #A8425D

analogous

#42A85A #42A88D #4290A8

triadic

#42A88D #8D42A8 #A88D42

tetradic

#42A88D #5A42A8 #A8425D #90A842

square

#42A88D #5A42A8 #A8425D #90A842

split-complementary

#42A88D #A84290 #A85A42

monochromatic

#1F5043 #317C68 #42A88D #65C2AA #91D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#42A88D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#42A88D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A88D

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A88D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A88D	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94938F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a88d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.103 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2ae',
    500: '#42a88d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a88d;
$custom-light: #81c2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a88d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66442,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A88D

secondary

#BF8796

accent

#5476D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A88D

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

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