#42AE79#42AE79

#42AE79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.127 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AE79
RGB	rgb(66, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(151, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(151, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 0%, 30.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -43.39, 18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 47.08, 157.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.1184 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.127 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8321, 32.8087, 23.3203)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AE79 #AE4277

analogous

#42AE43 #42AE79 #42ADAE

triadic

#42AE79 #7942AE #AE7942

tetradic

#42AE79 #4342AE #AE4277 #ADAE42

square

#42AE79 #4342AE #AE4277 #ADAE42

split-complementary

#42AE79 #AE42AD #AE4342

monochromatic

#20553B #31825A #42AE79 #68C697 #94D6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#42AE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#42AE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE79

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AE79	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E977C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.127 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7a0',
    500: '#42ae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ae79;
$custom-light: #81c7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.556,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AE79

secondary

#C28AA5

accent

#5393D5

background

#F8FCF9

surface

#EFF8F2

border

#CAD1CC

text

#0B130E

muted

#7C827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AE79

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

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