#42B097#42B097

#42B097 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.107 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B097
RGB	rgb(66, 176, 151)
HSL	hsl(166, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 14.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -37.30, 3.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 37.48, 174.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.75% -0.1063 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(68.75% 0.107 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3554, 34.4408, 34.6891)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B097 #B0425B

analogous

#42B060 #42B097 #4292B0

triadic

#42B097 #9742B0 #B09742

tetradic

#42B097 #6042B0 #B0425B #92B042

square

#42B097 #6042B0 #B0425B #92B042

split-complementary

#42B097 #B04292 #B06042

monochromatic

#21574B #318371 #42B097 #69C7B1 #95D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42B097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#42B097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B097

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B097	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 176, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.107 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c8b5',
    500: '#42b097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b097;
$custom-light: #82c8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.364,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68751,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B097

secondary

#C38B98

accent

#5370D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B097

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

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