#42B79A#42B79A

#42B79A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.113 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B79A
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 154)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 15.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -39.70, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 40.03, 172.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.1124 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.113 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0101, 37.3556, 36.4579)
Luminance	0.3736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B79A #B7425F

analogous

#42B760 #42B79A #429AB7

triadic

#42B79A #9A42B7 #B79A42

tetradic

#42B79A #6042B7 #B7425F #9AB742

square

#42B79A #6042B7 #B7425F #9AB742

split-complementary

#42B79A #B7429A #B76042

monochromatic

#225D4E #328A74 #42B79A #6CCAB3 #99DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#42B79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#42B79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B79A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B79A	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.113 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdb7',
    500: '#42b79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b79a;
$custom-light: #84cdb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70596,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B79A

secondary

#C68F9C

accent

#5172D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B79A

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

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