#42B894#42B894

#42B894 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.118 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B894
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 148)
HSL	hsl(162, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 19.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, -41.60, 8.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 42.50, 168.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.1163 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.118 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7299, 37.5747, 33.9606)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B894 #B84266

analogous

#42B859 #42B894 #42A1B8

triadic

#42B894 #9442B8 #B89442

tetradic

#42B894 #5942B8 #B84266 #A1B842

square

#42B894 #5942B8 #B84266 #A1B842

split-complementary

#42B894 #B842A1 #B85942

monochromatic

#225E4C #328B70 #42B894 #6DCBAE #9ADBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#42B894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#42B894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B894

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B894	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A096

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.118 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83ceb3',
    500: '#42b894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b894;
$custom-light: #83ceb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.695,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70681,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B894

secondary

#C78FA0

accent

#517AD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B894

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

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