#42AC8F#42AC8F

#42AC8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 171.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC8F
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 143)
HSL	hsl(164, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(164, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 16.9%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -37.49, 5.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 37.96, 170.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.1057 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.107 171.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.9548, 32.6442, 31.1252)
Luminance	0.3265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC8F #AC425F

analogous

#42AC5A #42AC8F #4294AC

triadic

#42AC8F #8F42AC #AC8F42

tetradic

#42AC8F #5A42AC #AC425F #94AC42

square

#42AC8F #5A42AC #AC425F #94AC42

split-complementary

#42AC8F #AC4294 #AC5A42

monochromatic

#205445 #31806A #42AC8F #67C5AB #93D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#42AC8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#42AC8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC8F

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC8F	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A18E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 171.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c5af',
    500: '#42ac8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac8f;
$custom-light: #81c5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.585,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67512,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 171.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC8F

secondary

#C18998

accent

#5477D4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC8F

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

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