#42AA85#42AA85

#42AA85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.111 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA85
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 133)
HSL	hsl(159, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 21.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -39.00, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 40.33, 165.22°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.1083 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.111 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8530, 31.5990, 27.1860)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA85 #AA4267

analogous

#42AA51 #42AA85 #429BAA

triadic

#42AA85 #8542AA #AA8542

tetradic

#42AA85 #5142AA #AA4267 #9BAA42

square

#42AA85 #5142AA #AA4267 #9BAA42

split-complementary

#42AA85 #AA429B #AA5142

monochromatic

#205240 #317E63 #42AA85 #66C3A2 #92D5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#42AA85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#42AA85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA85

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA85	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)

#A69F83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.111 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4a8',
    500: '#42aa85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa85;
$custom-light: #81c4a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.654,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6673,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA85

secondary

#C0889C

accent

#5481D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA85

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

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