#42A2AD#42A2AD

#42A2AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.090 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A2AD
RGB	rgb(66, 162, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 6.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -24.52, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 28.28, 209.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0813 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.09 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7068, 30.0137, 44.1236)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A2AD #AD4D42

analogous

#42AD83 #42A2AD #426DAD

triadic

#42A2AD #AD42A2 #A2AD42

tetradic

#42A2AD #8342AD #AD4D42 #6DAD42

square

#42A2AD #8342AD #AD4D42 #6DAD42

split-complementary

#42A2AD #AD426D #AD8342

monochromatic

#204F54 #317981 #42A2AD #67BBC5 #93CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#42A2AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#42A2AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A2AD

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A2AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A2AD	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8590AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a2ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 162, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.090 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82bec5',
    500: '#42a2ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a2ad;
$custom-light: #82bec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a2ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.168,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66012,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A2AD

secondary

#C18F89

accent

#6153D4

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A2AD

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

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