#42B29F#42B29F

#42B29F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.105 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B29F
RGB	rgb(66, 178, 159)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0%, 10.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -36.16, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 36.16, 179.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.1047 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.105 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4222, 35.4996, 38.3592)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B29F #B24255

analogous

#42B267 #42B29F #428DB2

triadic

#42B29F #9F42B2 #B29F42

tetradic

#42B29F #6742B2 #B24255 #8DB242

square

#42B29F #6742B2 #B24255 #8DB242

split-complementary

#42B29F #B2428D #B26742

monochromatic

#21594F #318577 #42B29F #6AC8B8 #96D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#42B29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#42B29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B29F

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B29F	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA89E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 178, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.105 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83c9bb',
    500: '#42b29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b29f;
$custom-light: #83c9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.821,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69492,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B29F

secondary

#C48C95

accent

#5269D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B29F

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

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