#42A97E#42A97E

#42A97E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.116 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A97E
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 126)
HSL	hsl(155, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(155, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 25.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, -40.16, 13.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 42.37, 161.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.1106 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.116 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1987, 31.0385, 24.6612)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A97E #A9426D

analogous

#42A94A #42A97E #42A0A9

triadic

#42A97E #7E42A9 #A97E42

tetradic

#42A97E #4A42A9 #A9426D #A0A942

square

#42A97E #4A42A9 #A9426D #A0A942

split-complementary

#42A97E #A942A0 #A94A42

monochromatic

#20513C #317D5D #42A97E #65C39C #91D4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#42A97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#42A97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A97E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A97E	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989381

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.116 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3a3',
    500: '#42a97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a97e;
$custom-light: #81c3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.951,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66294,
    "c": 0.11581,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A97E

secondary

#C0879F

accent

#5489D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A97E

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

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