#42A978#42A978

#42A978 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.121 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A978
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(151, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(151, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 29%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -41.47, 16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 44.68, 158.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.1134 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.121 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8231, 30.8883, 22.6830)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A978 #A94273

analogous

#42A944 #42A978 #42A6A9

triadic

#42A978 #7842A9 #A97842

tetradic

#42A978 #4442A9 #A94273 #A6A942

square

#42A978 #4442A9 #A94273 #A6A942

split-complementary

#42A978 #A942A6 #A94442

monochromatic

#205139 #317D59 #42A978 #65C396 #91D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#42A978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#42A978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A978

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A978	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99937B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.121 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80c39f',
    500: '#42a978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a978;
$custom-light: #80c39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.456,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66149,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A978

secondary

#C087A2

accent

#5491D4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B120E

muted

#7C817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A978

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

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