#42B690#42B690

#42B690 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B690
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 144)
HSL	hsl(160, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(160, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -41.68, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 42.83, 166.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.116 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.119 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.0062, 36.6252, 32.1844)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B690 #B64268

analogous

#42B656 #42B690 #42A2B6

triadic

#42B690 #9042B6 #B69042

tetradic

#42B690 #5642B6 #B64268 #A2B642

square

#42B690 #5642B6 #B64268 #A2B642

split-complementary

#42B690 #B642A2 #B65642

monochromatic

#215C49 #32896C #42B690 #6CCAAB #99DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#42B690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#42B690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B690

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B690	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)

#B2AA8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29E93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccb0',
    500: '#42b690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b690;
$custom-light: #83ccb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.345,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70069,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B690

secondary

#C68EA0

accent

#517DD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B690

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

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