#42A293#42A293

#42A293 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.093 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A293
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 147)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 9.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -31.83, -0.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 31.84, 181.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0928 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.093 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4312, 29.1034, 32.1389)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A293 #A24251

analogous

#42A263 #42A293 #4281A2

triadic

#42A293 #9342A2 #A29342

tetradic

#42A293 #6342A2 #A24251 #81A242

square

#42A293 #6342A2 #A24251 #81A242

split-complementary

#42A293 #A24281 #A26342

monochromatic

#1F4B44 #30776C #42A293 #62BFB1 #8ED1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#42A293 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#42A293 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A293

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A293	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A293	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a293;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.093 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb2',
    500: '#42a293',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a293;
$custom-light: #80beb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a293",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65107,
    "c": 0.09287,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A293

secondary

#BC848D

accent

#5669D2

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A293

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

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