#42B795#42B795

#42B795 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.116 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B795
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 149)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 18.6%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -40.92, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 41.65, 169.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.1147 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.116 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6024, 37.1925, 34.3102)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B795 #B74264

analogous

#42B75B #42B795 #429FB7

triadic

#42B795 #9542B7 #B79542

tetradic

#42B795 #5B42B7 #B74264 #9FB742

square

#42B795 #5B42B7 #B74264 #9FB742

split-complementary

#42B795 #B7429F #B75B42

monochromatic

#225D4C #328A70 #42B795 #6CCAAF #99DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#42B795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#42B795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B795

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B795	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.116 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83cdb4',
    500: '#42b795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b795;
$custom-light: #83cdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.564,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B795

secondary

#C68F9F

accent

#5178D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B795

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

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