#42AC97#42AC97

#42AC97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.102 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AC97
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 151)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(168, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 0%, 12.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -35.47, 1.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 35.52, 177.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.102 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.102 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.5826, 32.8953, 34.4315)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AC97 #AC4257

analogous

#42AC62 #42AC97 #428CAC

triadic

#42AC97 #9742AC #AC9742

tetradic

#42AC97 #6242AC #AC4257 #8CAC42

square

#42AC97 #6242AC #AC4257 #8CAC42

split-complementary

#42AC97 #AC428C #AC6242

monochromatic

#205449 #318070 #42AC97 #67C5B2 #93D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42AC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#42AC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AC97

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AC97	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ac97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.102 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c5b5',
    500: '#42ac97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ac97;
$custom-light: #82c5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ac97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67746,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AC97

secondary

#C18994

accent

#546DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AC97

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

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