#42AB8D#42AB8D

#42AB8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AB8D
RGB	rgb(66, 171, 141)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(163, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 0%, 17.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -37.53, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 38.10, 170.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.1056 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.107 171)
XYZ	xyz(21.6151, 32.2049, 30.2712)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AB8D #AB4260

analogous

#42AB59 #42AB8D #4295AB

triadic

#42AB8D #8D42AB #AB8D42

tetradic

#42AB8D #5942AB #AB4260 #95AB42

square

#42AB8D #5942AB #AB4260 #95AB42

split-complementary

#42AB8D #AB4295 #AB5942

monochromatic

#205344 #317F69 #42AB8D #66C4A9 #92D5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#42AB8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#42AB8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AB8D

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AB8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AB8D	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97958F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ab8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 171, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c4ae',
    500: '#42ab8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ab8d;
$custom-light: #81c4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ab8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67202,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.32207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AB8D

secondary

#C08898

accent

#5478D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AB8D

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

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