#42B69A#42B69A

#42B69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.112 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B69A
RGB	rgb(66, 182, 154)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 0%, 15.4%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -39.25, 4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 39.53, 173.15°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.1113 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.112 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8046, 36.9446, 36.3894)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B69A #B6425E

analogous

#42B660 #42B69A #4298B6

triadic

#42B69A #9A42B6 #B69A42

tetradic

#42B69A #6042B6 #B6425E #98B642

square

#42B69A #6042B6 #B6425E #98B642

split-complementary

#42B69A #B64298 #B66042

monochromatic

#215C4E #328974 #42B69A #6CCAB3 #99DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#42B69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#42B69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B69A

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B69A	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 182, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.112 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ccb7',
    500: '#42b69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b69a;
$custom-light: #83ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.517,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70345,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B69A

secondary

#C68E9B

accent

#5172D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B69A

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

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