#42B79D#42B79D

#42B79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.111 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B79D
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(167, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(167, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -38.94, 3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 39.11, 174.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.111 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.111 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2631, 37.4568, 37.7902)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B79D #B7425C

analogous

#42B763 #42B79D #4297B7

triadic

#42B79D #9D42B7 #B79D42

tetradic

#42B79D #6342B7 #B7425C #97B742

square

#42B79D #6342B7 #B7425C #97B742

split-complementary

#42B79D #B74297 #B76342

monochromatic

#225D50 #328A76 #42B79D #6CCAB5 #99DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#42B79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B79D

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B79D	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.111 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdb9',
    500: '#42b79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b79d;
$custom-light: #84cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.11135,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B79D

secondary

#C68F9B

accent

#516FD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B79D

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

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