#42A29D#42A29D

#42A29D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.090 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A29D
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 157)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 0%, 3.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -29.12, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 29.70, 191.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0883 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.09 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2502, 29.4311, 36.4526)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A29D #A24247

analogous

#42A26D #42A29D #4277A2

triadic

#42A29D #9D42A2 #A29D42

tetradic

#42A29D #6D42A2 #A24247 #77A242

square

#42A29D #6D42A2 #A24247 #77A242

split-complementary

#42A29D #A24277 #A26D42

monochromatic

#1F4B49 #307773 #42A29D #62BFBA #8ED1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#42A29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#42A29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A29D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A29D	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999A9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.090 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81beb9',
    500: '#42a29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a29d;
$custom-light: #81beb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.875,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65435,
    "c": 0.08975,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A29D

secondary

#BC8487

accent

#565CD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A29D

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

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