#42B288#42B288

#42B288 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B288
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 136)
HSL	hsl(158, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 23.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -41.80, 12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 43.56, 163.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.1155 0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.12 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6088, 34.7743, 28.8084)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B288 #B2426C

analogous

#42B250 #42B288 #42A4B2

triadic

#42B288 #8842B2 #B28842

tetradic

#42B288 #5042B2 #B2426C #A4B242

square

#42B288 #5042B2 #B2426C #A4B242

split-complementary

#42B288 #B242A4 #B25042

monochromatic

#215944 #318566 #42B288 #6AC8A4 #96D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#42B288 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#42B288 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B288

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B288	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B288	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)

#AFA686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b288;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82caaa',
    500: '#42b288',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b288;
$custom-light: #82caaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b288",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68846,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B288

secondary

#C48CA1

accent

#5283D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F8F4

border

#CBD1CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B288

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

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