#42AC79#42AC79

#42AC79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC79
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(151, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(151, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 29.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.38, -42.54, 17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.38, 45.97, 157.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.1162 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.124 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.4486, 32.0417, 23.1925)
Luminance	0.3204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC79 #AC4275

analogous

#42AC44 #42AC79 #42AAAC

triadic

#42AC79 #7942AC #AC7942

tetradic

#42AC79 #4442AC #AC4275 #AAAC42

square

#42AC79 #4442AC #AC4275 #AAAC42

split-complementary

#42AC79 #AC42AA #AC4442

monochromatic

#20543B #31805A #42AC79 #67C597 #93D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#42AC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#42AC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC79

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC79	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C957C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5a0',
    500: '#42ac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac79;
$custom-light: #81c5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.132,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66945,
    "c": 0.12435,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC79

secondary

#C189A4

accent

#5491D4

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC79

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

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