#42A98D#42A98D

#42A98D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.104 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A98D
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 141)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(164, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 16.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -36.62, 5.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 37.06, 171.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.1034 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.104 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2401, 31.4551, 30.1462)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A98D #A9425E

analogous

#42A959 #42A98D #4291A9

triadic

#42A98D #8D42A9 #A98D42

tetradic

#42A98D #5942A9 #A9425E #91A942

square

#42A98D #5942A9 #A9425E #91A942

split-complementary

#42A98D #A94291 #A95942

monochromatic

#205144 #317D68 #42A98D #65C3A9 #91D4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#42A98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#42A98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A98D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A98D	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95948F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.104 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3ae',
    500: '#42a98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a98d;
$custom-light: #81c3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.689,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66696,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A98D

secondary

#C08797

accent

#5477D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A98D

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

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