#42B59E#42B59E

#42B59E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.109 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B59E
RGB	rgb(66, 181, 158)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -37.79, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 37.85, 176.65°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.1084 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.109 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9393, 36.6720, 38.1052)
Luminance	0.3668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B59E #B54259

analogous

#42B564 #42B59E #4292B5

triadic

#42B59E #9E42B5 #B59E42

tetradic

#42B59E #6442B5 #B54259 #92B542

square

#42B59E #6442B5 #B54259 #92B542

split-complementary

#42B59E #B54292 #B56442

monochromatic

#215B50 #328877 #42B59E #6BC9B6 #98D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42B59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#42B59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B59E

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B59E	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 181, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.109 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccba',
    500: '#42b59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b59e;
$custom-light: #83ccba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70211,
    "c": 0.10853,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B59E

secondary

#C58E99

accent

#526CD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B59E

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

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