#42B396#42B396

#42B396 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.111 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B396
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 16.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, -38.91, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 39.29, 172.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% -0.11 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.111 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8692, 35.5979, 34.4614)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B396 #B3425F

analogous

#42B35E #42B396 #4297B3

triadic

#42B396 #9642B3 #B39642

tetradic

#42B396 #5E42B3 #B3425F #97B342

square

#42B396 #5E42B3 #B3425F #97B342

split-complementary

#42B396 #B34297 #B35E42

monochromatic

#215A4B #328671 #42B396 #6AC8B0 #97D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#42B396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#42B396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B396

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B396	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.111 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cab4',
    500: '#42b396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b396;
$custom-light: #83cab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.602,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69477,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B396

secondary

#C48C9B

accent

#5274D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B396

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

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