#42AA8A#42AA8A

#42AA8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.108 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA8A
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -37.81, 7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 38.58, 168.52°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.1059 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.108 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2067, 31.7405, 29.0488)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA8A #AA4262

analogous

#42AA56 #42AA8A #4296AA

triadic

#42AA8A #8A42AA #AA8A42

tetradic

#42AA8A #5642AA #AA4262 #96AA42

square

#42AA8A #5642AA #AA4262 #96AA42

split-complementary

#42AA8A #AA4296 #AA5642

monochromatic

#205242 #317E66 #42AA8A #66C3A7 #92D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#42AA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#42AA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA8A

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA8A	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.108 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4ac',
    500: '#42aa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa8a;
$custom-light: #81c4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66865,
    "c": 0.10772,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA8A

secondary

#C08899

accent

#547BD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA8A

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

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