#42B196#42B196

#42B196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.108 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B196
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -38.01, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 38.28, 173.16°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.1079 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.108 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4713, 34.8021, 34.3288)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B196 #B1425D

analogous

#42B15E #42B196 #4295B1

triadic

#42B196 #9642B1 #B19642

tetradic

#42B196 #5E42B1 #B1425D #95B142

square

#42B196 #5E42B1 #B1425D #95B142

split-complementary

#42B196 #B14295 #B15E42

monochromatic

#21584A #318470 #42B196 #69C7B0 #96D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#42B196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#42B196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B196

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B196	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.108 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c9b4',
    500: '#42b196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b196;
$custom-light: #82c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68974,
    "c": 0.10847,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B196

secondary

#C38B99

accent

#5272D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B196

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

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