#42B18F#42B18F

#42B18F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.113 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B18F
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 143)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(162, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 19.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.42, -39.72, 8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.42, 40.56, 168.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.1111 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.113 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9244, 34.5833, 31.4484)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B18F #B14264

analogous

#42B158 #42B18F #429BB1

triadic

#42B18F #8F42B1 #B18F42

tetradic

#42B18F #5842B1 #B14264 #9BB142

square

#42B18F #5842B1 #B14264 #9BB142

split-complementary

#42B18F #B1429B #B15842

monochromatic

#215847 #31846B #42B18F #69C7AA #96D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42B18F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#42B18F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B18F

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B18F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B18F	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b18f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.113 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9af',
    500: '#42b18f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b18f;
$custom-light: #82c9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b18f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.622,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68777,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B18F

secondary

#C38B9D

accent

#527BD5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B18F

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

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