#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
RGBrgb(66, 177, 153)
HSLhsl(167, 46%, 48%)
HSVhsv(167, 63%, 69%)
CMYKcmyk(62.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LABlab(65.67, -37.25, 3.01)
CIE-LCHlch(65.67, 37.37, 175.39°)
OKLaboklab(69.06% -0.1064 0.0074)
OKLCHoklch(69.06% 0.107 176)
XYZxyz(23.7159, 34.8999, 35.6173)
Luminance0.3490 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42B1991.002.637.987.98
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9821.001.001.00
##0000007.9821.001.001.00

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

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#42B199 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva