#42B792#42B792

#42B792 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.119 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B792
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 146)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 20.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, -41.64, 9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 42.66, 167.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.1161 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.119 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.3659, 37.0980, 33.0651)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B792 #B74267

analogous

#42B758 #42B792 #42A2B7

triadic

#42B792 #9242B7 #B79242

tetradic

#42B792 #5842B7 #B74267 #A2B742

square

#42B792 #5842B7 #B74267 #A2B742

split-complementary

#42B792 #B742A2 #B75842

monochromatic

#225D4A #328A6E #42B792 #6CCAAC #99DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42B792 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#42B792 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B792

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B792	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B792	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b792;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.119 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb2',
    500: '#42b792',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b792;
$custom-light: #83cdb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b792",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.026,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B792

secondary

#C68FA0

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1310

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B792

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

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