#42B89B#42B89B

#42B89B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B89B
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 155)
HSL	hsl(165, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -39.89, 5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 40.22, 172.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.113 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.114 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3008, 37.8031, 36.9673)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B89B #B8425F

analogous

#42B860 #42B89B #429AB8

triadic

#42B89B #9B42B8 #B89B42

tetradic

#42B89B #6042B8 #B8425F #9AB842

square

#42B89B #6042B8 #B8425F #9AB842

split-complementary

#42B89B #B8429A #B86042

monochromatic

#225E4F #328B75 #42B89B #6DCBB3 #9ADBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#42B89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#42B89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B89B

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B89B	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceb8',
    500: '#42b89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b89b;
$custom-light: #84ceb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.254,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B89B

secondary

#C78F9D

accent

#5172D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B89B

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

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