#42B398#42B398

#42B398 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.110 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B398
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 152)
HSL	hsl(166, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 15.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -38.41, 4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 38.66, 173.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.1091 0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.11 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0316, 35.6629, 35.3168)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B398 #B3425D

analogous

#42B360 #42B398 #4295B3

triadic

#42B398 #9842B3 #B39842

tetradic

#42B398 #6042B3 #B3425D #95B342

square

#42B398 #6042B3 #B3425D #95B342

split-complementary

#42B398 #B34295 #B36042

monochromatic

#215A4C #328672 #42B398 #6AC8B2 #97D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#42B398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#42B398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B398

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B398	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)

#ADA897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.110 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cab6',
    500: '#42b398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b398;
$custom-light: #83cab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.664,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69534,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B398

secondary

#C48C9A

accent

#5272D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B398

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

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