#42AC77#42AC77

#42AC77 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.126 H 158.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC77
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 119)
HSL	hsl(150, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(150, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 30.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.34, -42.96, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.34, 46.76, 156.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.1172 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.126 158.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3272, 31.9932, 22.5532)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC77 #AC4277

analogous

#42AC42 #42AC77 #42ACAC

triadic

#42AC77 #7742AC #AC7742

tetradic

#42AC77 #4242AC #AC4277 #ACAC42

square

#42AC77 #4242AC #AC4277 #ACAC42

split-complementary

#42AC77 #AC42AC #AC4242

monochromatic

#20543A #318058 #42AC77 #67C596 #93D6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#42AC77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#42AC77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC77

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC77	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C957A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.126 158.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c59e',
    500: '#42ac77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac77;
$custom-light: #81c59e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66899,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 158.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC77

secondary

#C189A5

accent

#5494D4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC77

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

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