#42B994#42B994

#42B994 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B994
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 148)
HSL	hsl(161, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(161, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 20%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -42.04, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 43.01, 167.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% -0.1173 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.12 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9383, 37.9916, 34.0301)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B994 #B94267

analogous

#42B959 #42B994 #42A2B9

triadic

#42B994 #9442B9 #B99442

tetradic

#42B994 #5942B9 #B94267 #A2B942

square

#42B994 #5942B9 #B94267 #A2B942

split-complementary

#42B994 #B942A2 #B95942

monochromatic

#225F4C #328C70 #42B994 #6DCBAE #9ADBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42B994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#42B994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B994

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B994	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb3',
    500: '#42b994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b994;
$custom-light: #84cfb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.345,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70933,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B994

secondary

#C790A1

accent

#517BD7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B994

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

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