#42A992#42A992

#42A992 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.101 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A992
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 146)
HSL	hsl(167, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(167, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 13.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -35.37, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 35.50, 175.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.101 0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.101 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6206, 31.6073, 32.1500)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A992 #A94259

analogous

#42A95E #42A992 #428CA9

triadic

#42A992 #9242A9 #A99242

tetradic

#42A992 #5E42A9 #A94259 #8CA942

square

#42A992 #5E42A9 #A94259 #8CA942

split-complementary

#42A992 #A9428C #A95E42

monochromatic

#205146 #317D6C #42A992 #65C3AE #91D4C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42A992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42A992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A992

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A992	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949494

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.101 175.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3b1',
    500: '#42a992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a992;
$custom-light: #81c3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.602,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66841,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A992

secondary

#C08794

accent

#5471D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A992

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

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