#42B397#42B397

#42B397 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B397
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 151)
HSL	hsl(165, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(165, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 15.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, -38.66, 4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 38.97, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.1095 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.11 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9501, 35.6303, 34.8873)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B397 #B3425E

analogous

#42B35F #42B397 #4296B3

triadic

#42B397 #9742B3 #B39742

tetradic

#42B397 #5F42B3 #B3425E #96B342

square

#42B397 #5F42B3 #B3425E #96B342

split-complementary

#42B397 #B34296 #B35F42

monochromatic

#215A4C #328671 #42B397 #6AC8B1 #97D9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#42B397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#42B397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B397

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B397	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cab5',
    500: '#42b397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b397;
$custom-light: #83cab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.133,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69505,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B397

secondary

#C48C9A

accent

#5273D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B397

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

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