#42B997#42B997

#42B997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42B997
RGB	rgb(66, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(163, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(163, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -41.31, 7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 42.01, 169.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.1159 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.118 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1789, 38.0878, 35.2969)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42B997 #B94264

analogous

#42B95C #42B997 #42A0B9

triadic

#42B997 #9742B9 #B99742

tetradic

#42B997 #5C42B9 #B94264 #A0B942

square

#42B997 #5C42B9 #B94264 #A0B942

split-complementary

#42B997 #B942A0 #B95C42

monochromatic

#225F4D #328C72 #42B997 #6DCBB0 #9ADBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#42B997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#42B997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42B997

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42B997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42B997	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42b997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfb5',
    500: '#42b997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42b997;
$custom-light: #84cfb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42b997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71014,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42B997

secondary

#C790A0

accent

#5177D7

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42B997

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

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