#42B48B#42B48B

#42B48B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B48B
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 139)
HSL	hsl(158, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(158, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 22.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, -41.98, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 43.55, 164.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.1163 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.12 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2258, 35.6624, 30.0806)
Luminance	0.3567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B48B #B4426B

analogous

#42B452 #42B48B #42A4B4

triadic

#42B48B #8B42B4 #B48B42

tetradic

#42B48B #5242B4 #B4426B #A4B442

square

#42B48B #5242B4 #B4426B #A4B442

split-complementary

#42B48B #B442A4 #B45242

monochromatic

#215A46 #328768 #42B48B #6BC9A7 #97D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#42B48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#42B48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B48B

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B48B	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)

#B0A889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbad',
    500: '#42b48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b48b;
$custom-light: #83cbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69431,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B48B

secondary

#C58DA1

accent

#5281D6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B48B

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

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