#42B199#42B199

#42B199 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.107 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B199
RGB	rgb(66, 177, 153)
HSL	hsl(167, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 63%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.67, -37.25, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.67, 37.37, 175.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.1064 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.107 176)
XYZ	xyz(23.7159, 34.8999, 35.6173)
Luminance	0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B199 #B1425A

analogous

#42B161 #42B199 #4291B1

triadic

#42B199 #9942B1 #B19942

tetradic

#42B199 #6142B1 #B1425A #91B142

square

#42B199 #6142B1 #B1425A #91B142

split-complementary

#42B199 #B14291 #B16142

monochromatic

#21584C #318472 #42B199 #69C7B3 #96D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#42B199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#42B199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B199

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B199	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 177, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.107 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9b7',
    500: '#42b199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b199;
$custom-light: #83c9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69061,
    "c": 0.10671,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.34902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B199

secondary

#C38B98

accent

#526FD5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B199

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

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