#42AD8A#42AD8A

#42AD8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.112 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AD8A
RGB	rgb(66, 173, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(160, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 0%, 20.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -39.15, 9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 40.17, 167.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.1092 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.112 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7755, 32.8781, 29.2384)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AD8A #AD4265

analogous

#42AD55 #42AD8A #429BAD

triadic

#42AD8A #8A42AD #AD8A42

tetradic

#42AD8A #5542AD #AD4265 #9BAD42

square

#42AD8A #5542AD #AD4265 #9BAD42

split-complementary

#42AD8A #AD429B #AD5542

monochromatic

#205443 #318167 #42AD8A #67C5A6 #93D6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#42AD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#42AD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AD8A

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AD8A	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)

#A9A288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A978C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ad8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 173, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.112 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c6ac',
    500: '#42ad8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ad8a;
$custom-light: #81c6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ad8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.374,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AD8A

secondary

#C1899C

accent

#537ED4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AD8A

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

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