#42B495#42B495

#42B495 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.113 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B495
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(164, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -39.60, 6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 40.11, 170.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% -0.1115 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.113 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9902, 35.9682, 34.1062)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B495 #B44261

analogous

#42B45C #42B495 #429AB4

triadic

#42B495 #9542B4 #B49542

tetradic

#42B495 #5C42B4 #B44261 #9AB442

square

#42B495 #5C42B4 #B44261 #9AB442

split-complementary

#42B495 #B4429A #B45C42

monochromatic

#215A4B #328770 #42B495 #6BC9AF #97D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#42B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#42B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B495

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B495	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.113 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbb4',
    500: '#42b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b495;
$custom-light: #83cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.697,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B495

secondary

#C58D9C

accent

#5276D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B495

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

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