#42A299#42A299

#42A299 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.091 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A299
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 153)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.04, -30.22, -3.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.04, 30.45, 187.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0901 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.091 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9143, 29.2967, 34.6835)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A299 #A2424B

analogous

#42A269 #42A299 #427BA2

triadic

#42A299 #9942A2 #A29942

tetradic

#42A299 #6942A2 #A2424B #7BA242

square

#42A299 #6942A2 #A2424B #7BA242

split-complementary

#42A299 #A2427B #A26942

monochromatic

#1F4B47 #307770 #42A299 #62BFB6 #8ED1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#42A299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#42A299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A299

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A299	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8F9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.091 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81beb7',
    500: '#42a299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a299;
$custom-light: #81beb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65301,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A299

secondary

#BC8489

accent

#5662D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A299

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

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