#42A197#42A197

#42A197 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.090 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A197
RGB	rgb(66, 161, 151)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 6.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -30.28, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 30.45, 185.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0899 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.09 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5751, 28.8803, 33.7623)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A197 #A1424C

analogous

#42A168 #42A197 #427CA1

triadic

#42A197 #9742A1 #A19742

tetradic

#42A197 #6842A1 #A1424C #7CA142

square

#42A197 #6842A1 #A1424C #7CA142

split-complementary

#42A197 #A1427C #A16842

monochromatic

#1E4A46 #30766E #42A197 #62BFB5 #8DD0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#42A197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#42A197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A197

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A197	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999997

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 161, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.090 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80bdb5',
    500: '#42a197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a197;
$custom-light: #80bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64985,
    "c": 0.09033,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A197

secondary

#BB8389

accent

#5663D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A197

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

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