#42B794#42B794

#42B794 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.117 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B794
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 19.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -41.16, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 41.98, 168.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% -0.1152 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.117 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5229, 37.1607, 33.8916)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B794 #B74265

analogous

#42B75A #42B794 #42A0B7

triadic

#42B794 #9442B7 #B79442

tetradic

#42B794 #5A42B7 #B74265 #A0B742

square

#42B794 #5A42B7 #B74265 #A0B742

split-complementary

#42B794 #B742A0 #B75A42

monochromatic

#225D4B #328A70 #42B794 #6CCAAE #99DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42B794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#42B794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B794

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B794	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.117 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb3',
    500: '#42b794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b794;
$custom-light: #83cdb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.051,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70429,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B794

secondary

#C68F9F

accent

#5179D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B794

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

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