#42B995#42B995

#42B995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.119 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B995
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(162, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(162, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -41.80, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 42.67, 168.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.1168 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.119 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0178, 38.0234, 34.4487)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B995 #B94266

analogous

#42B95A #42B995 #42A2B9

triadic

#42B995 #9542B9 #B99542

tetradic

#42B995 #5A42B9 #B94266 #A2B942

square

#42B995 #5A42B9 #B94266 #A2B942

split-complementary

#42B995 #B942A2 #B95A42

monochromatic

#225F4C #328C71 #42B995 #6DCBAF #9ADBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42B995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#42B995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B995

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B995	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.119 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb4',
    500: '#42b995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b995;
$custom-light: #84cfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.849,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B995

secondary

#C790A0

accent

#5179D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B995

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

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