#42AC8A#42AC8A

#42AC8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.110 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC8A
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 138)
HSL	hsl(161, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(161, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -38.70, 8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 39.64, 167.52°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.1081 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.11 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5845, 32.4961, 29.1747)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC8A #AC4264

analogous

#42AC55 #42AC8A #4299AC

triadic

#42AC8A #8A42AC #AC8A42

tetradic

#42AC8A #5542AC #AC4264 #99AC42

square

#42AC8A #5542AC #AC4264 #99AC42

split-complementary

#42AC8A #AC4299 #AC5542

monochromatic

#205443 #318067 #42AC8A #67C5A6 #93D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#42AC8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#42AC8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC8A

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC8A	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.110 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5ac',
    500: '#42ac8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac8a;
$custom-light: #81c5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.755,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67373,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC8A

secondary

#C1899B

accent

#547DD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC8A

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

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