#42B89D#42B89D

#42B89D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B89D
RGB	rgb(66, 184, 157)
HSL	hsl(166, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(166, 64%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 0%, 14.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -39.39, 4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 39.60, 174.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.112 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.113 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4701, 37.8708, 37.8592)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B89D #B8425D

analogous

#42B862 #42B89D #4298B8

triadic

#42B89D #9D42B8 #B89D42

tetradic

#42B89D #6242B8 #B8425D #98B842

square

#42B89D #6242B8 #B8425D #98B842

split-complementary

#42B89D #B84298 #B86242

monochromatic

#225E50 #328B77 #42B89D #6DCBB5 #9ADBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#42B89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#42B89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B89D

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B89D	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 184, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84ceb9',
    500: '#42b89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b89d;
$custom-light: #84ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.271,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70932,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B89D

secondary

#C78F9C

accent

#5170D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B89D

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

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