#42B39E#42B39E

#42B39E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.106 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B39E
RGB	rgb(66, 179, 158)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(169, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 0%, 11.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -36.88, 1.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 36.90, 177.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.1063 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.106 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5355, 35.8645, 37.9706)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B39E #B34257

analogous

#42B366 #42B39E #428FB3

triadic

#42B39E #9E42B3 #B39E42

tetradic

#42B39E #6642B3 #B34257 #8FB342

square

#42B39E #6642B3 #B34257 #8FB342

split-complementary

#42B39E #B3428F #B36642

monochromatic

#215A4F #328677 #42B39E #6AC8B7 #97D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#42B39E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#42B39E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B39E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B39E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B39E	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9CA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b39e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 179, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.106 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83caba',
    500: '#42b39e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b39e;
$custom-light: #83caba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b39e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.85,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69711,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B39E

secondary

#C48C97

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B39E

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

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