#42AC89#42AC89

#42AC89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.111 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC89
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 137)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 20.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -38.94, 9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 39.99, 166.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.1086 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.111 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5124, 32.4672, 28.7952)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC89 #AC4265

analogous

#42AC54 #42AC89 #429AAC

triadic

#42AC89 #8942AC #AC8942

tetradic

#42AC89 #5442AC #AC4265 #9AAC42

square

#42AC89 #5442AC #AC4265 #9AAC42

split-complementary

#42AC89 #AC429A #AC5442

monochromatic

#205443 #318066 #42AC89 #67C5A6 #93D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#42AC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#42AC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC89

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC89	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.111 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5ab',
    500: '#42ac89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac89;
$custom-light: #81c5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.189,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.11105,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC89

secondary

#C1899B

accent

#547ED4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC89

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

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