#42B892#42B892

#42B892 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.120 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B892
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 146)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, -42.08, 9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 43.18, 167.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.1172 0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.12 168)
XYZ	xyz(24.5729, 37.5119, 33.1341)
Luminance	0.3751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B892 #B84268

analogous

#42B857 #42B892 #42A3B8

triadic

#42B892 #9242B8 #B89242

tetradic

#42B892 #5742B8 #B84268 #A3B842

square

#42B892 #5742B8 #B84268 #A3B842

split-complementary

#42B892 #B842A3 #B85742

monochromatic

#225E4B #328B6E #42B892 #6DCBAC #9ADBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B892 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#42B892 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B892

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B892	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B892	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b892;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.120 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb2',
    500: '#42b892',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b892;
$custom-light: #83ceb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b892",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.678,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70627,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.37515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B892

secondary

#C78FA1

accent

#517CD7

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F5

border

#CBD2CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B892

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

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