#42B49E#42B49E

#42B49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B49E
RGB	rgb(66, 180, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 0%, 12.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -37.34, 1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 37.38, 177.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.1073 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.107 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7367, 36.2667, 38.0377)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B49E #B44258

analogous

#42B465 #42B49E #4291B4

triadic

#42B49E #9E42B4 #B49E42

tetradic

#42B49E #6542B4 #B44258 #91B442

square

#42B49E #6542B4 #B44258 #91B442

split-complementary

#42B49E #B44291 #B46542

monochromatic

#215A4F #328777 #42B49E #6BC9B6 #97D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#42B49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#42B49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B49E

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B49E	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA99D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 180, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cbba',
    500: '#42b49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b49e;
$custom-light: #83cbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.421,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69961,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B49E

secondary

#C58D98

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B49E

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

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