#42A294#42A294

#42A294 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.092 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A294
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 148)
HSL	hsl(171, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -31.57, -1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 31.59, 182.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0924 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.092 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5100, 29.1350, 32.5540)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A294 #A24250

analogous

#42A264 #42A294 #4280A2

triadic

#42A294 #9442A2 #A29442

tetradic

#42A294 #6442A2 #A24250 #80A242

square

#42A294 #6442A2 #A24250 #80A242

split-complementary

#42A294 #A24280 #A26442

monochromatic

#1F4B45 #30776C #42A294 #62BFB2 #8ED1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#42A294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#42A294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A294

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A294	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8E95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.092 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80beb3',
    500: '#42a294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a294;
$custom-light: #80beb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65139,
    "c": 0.09245,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A294

secondary

#BC848C

accent

#5668D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A294

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

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