#42AB7D#42AB7D

#42AB7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.119 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AB7D
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 125)
HSL	hsl(154, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(154, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 26.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -41.25, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 43.86, 160.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.78% -0.1132 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(66.78% 0.119 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5094, 31.7627, 24.4480)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AB7D #AB4270

analogous

#42AB48 #42AB7D #42A5AB

triadic

#42AB7D #7D42AB #AB7D42

tetradic

#42AB7D #4842AB #AB4270 #A5AB42

square

#42AB7D #4842AB #AB4270 #A5AB42

split-complementary

#42AB7D #AB42A5 #AB4842

monochromatic

#20533C #317F5D #42AB7D #66C49B #92D5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#42AB7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#42AB7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AB7D

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AB7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AB7D	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)

#A99F7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ab7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.119 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5a2',
    500: '#42ab7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ab7d;
$custom-light: #81c5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ab7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66783,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AB7D

secondary

#C088A1

accent

#548CD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F3

border

#CAD1CD

text

#0B130F

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AB7D

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

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