#42B79F#42B79F

#42B79F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.110 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B79F
RGB	rgb(66, 183, 159)
HSL	hsl(168, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(168, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 0%, 13.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -38.44, 2.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 38.52, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1101 0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.11 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4353, 37.5257, 38.6969)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B79F #B7425A

analogous

#42B765 #42B79F #4295B7

triadic

#42B79F #9F42B7 #B79F42

tetradic

#42B79F #6542B7 #B7425A #95B742

square

#42B79F #6542B7 #B7425A #95B742

split-complementary

#42B79F #B74295 #B76542

monochromatic

#225D51 #328A78 #42B79F #6CCAB7 #99DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#42B79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B79F

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B79F	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AC9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 183, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.110 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cdbb',
    500: '#42b79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b79f;
$custom-light: #84cdbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.692,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70741,
    "c": 0.11024,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B79F

secondary

#C68F9A

accent

#516DD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B79F

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

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