#42A2AA#42A2AA

#42A2AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.090 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2AA
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 4.7%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -25.41, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 28.34, 206.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0825 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.09 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4197, 29.8989, 42.6119)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2AA #AA4A42

analogous

#42AA7E #42A2AA #426EAA

triadic

#42A2AA #AA42A2 #A2AA42

tetradic

#42A2AA #7E42AA #AA4A42 #6EAA42

square

#42A2AA #7E42AA #AA4A42 #6EAA42

split-complementary

#42A2AA #AA426E #AA7E42

monochromatic

#204E52 #31787E #42A2AA #66BCC3 #92CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#42A2AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#42A2AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2AA

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2AA	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.090 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bec3',
    500: '#42a2aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2aa;
$custom-light: #82bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65899,
    "c": 0.08956,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2AA

secondary

#C08C88

accent

#5E54D4

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2AA

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

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