#42AA79#42AA79

#42AA79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.122 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA79
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(152, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(152, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -41.69, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 44.85, 158.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.114 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.122 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0708, 31.2862, 23.0666)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA79 #AA4273

analogous

#42AA45 #42AA79 #42A7AA

triadic

#42AA79 #7942AA #AA7942

tetradic

#42AA79 #4542AA #AA4273 #A7AA42

square

#42AA79 #4542AA #AA4273 #A7AA42

split-complementary

#42AA79 #AA42A7 #AA4542

monochromatic

#20523A #317E5A #42AA79 #66C397 #92D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#42AA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#42AA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA79

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA79	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A947C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.122 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4a0',
    500: '#42aa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa79;
$custom-light: #81c4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.731,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6643,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA79

secondary

#C088A2

accent

#5490D4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA79

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

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