#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
RGBrgb(66, 162, 148)
HSLhsl(171, 42%, 45%)
HSVhsv(171, 59%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(59.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(60.90, -31.57, -1.15)
CIE-LCHlch(60.90, 31.59, 182.08°)
OKLaboklab(65.14% -0.0924 -0.0036)
OKLCHoklch(65.14% 0.092 182.2)
XYZxyz(20.5100, 29.1350, 32.5540)
Luminance0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42A2941.003.086.836.83
#FFFFFF3.081.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8321.001.001.00
##0000006.8321.001.001.00

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

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#42A294 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva