#42A985#42A985

#42A985 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.110 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A985
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 133)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 21.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -38.55, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 39.79, 165.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.1072 0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.11 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6663, 31.2256, 27.1238)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A985 #A94266

analogous

#42A951 #42A985 #4299A9

triadic

#42A985 #8542A9 #A98542

tetradic

#42A985 #5142A9 #A94266 #99A942

square

#42A985 #5142A9 #A94266 #99A942

split-complementary

#42A985 #A94299 #A95142

monochromatic

#205140 #317D62 #42A985 #65C3A2 #91D4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#42A985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#42A985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A985

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A985	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.110 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3a8',
    500: '#42a985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a985;
$custom-light: #81c3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.029,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66475,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A985

secondary

#C0879B

accent

#5481D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A985

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

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