#42B896#42B896

#42B896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.117 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B896
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 18.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -41.12, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 41.83, 169.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.1153 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.117 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8895, 37.6386, 34.8015)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B896 #B84264

analogous

#42B85B #42B896 #429FB8

triadic

#42B896 #9642B8 #B89642

tetradic

#42B896 #5B42B8 #B84264 #9FB842

square

#42B896 #5B42B8 #B84264 #9FB842

split-complementary

#42B896 #B8429F #B85B42

monochromatic

#225E4D #328B71 #42B896 #6DCBAF #9ADBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#42B896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#42B896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B896

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B896	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.117 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceb4',
    500: '#42b896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b896;
$custom-light: #84ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70735,
    "c": 0.11698,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B896

secondary

#C78F9F

accent

#5178D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B896

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

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