#42B192#42B192

#42B192 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.111 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B192
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 146)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(163, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 17.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.50, -39.00, 6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.50, 39.56, 170.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.1097 0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.111 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.1547, 34.6754, 32.6613)
Luminance	0.3468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B192 #B14261

analogous

#42B15A #42B192 #4299B1

triadic

#42B192 #9242B1 #B19242

tetradic

#42B192 #5A42B1 #B14261 #99B142

square

#42B192 #5A42B1 #B14261 #99B142

split-complementary

#42B192 #B14299 #B15A42

monochromatic

#215848 #31846D #42B192 #69C7AD #96D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#42B192 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#42B192 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B192

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B192	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B192	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b192;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.111 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9b2',
    500: '#42b192',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b192;
$custom-light: #82c9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b192",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.243,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6886,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B192

secondary

#C38B9B

accent

#5277D5

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F5

border

#CBD1CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B192

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

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