#42A97D#42A97D

#42A97D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.117 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A97D
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 125)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 26%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -40.38, 14.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 42.75, 160.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.111 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.117 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1345, 31.0128, 24.3231)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A97D #A9426E

analogous

#42A949 #42A97D #42A1A9

triadic

#42A97D #7D42A9 #A97D42

tetradic

#42A97D #4942A9 #A9426E #A1A942

square

#42A97D #4942A9 #A9426E #A1A942

split-complementary

#42A97D #A942A1 #A94942

monochromatic

#20513C #317D5C #42A97D #65C39B #91D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#42A97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#42A97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A97D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A97D	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)

#A79D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.117 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3a2',
    500: '#42a97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a97d;
$custom-light: #81c3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.369,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66269,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A97D

secondary

#C0879F

accent

#548BD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A97D

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

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