#42A49C#42A49C

#42A49C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 187.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A49C
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 156)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 4.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -30.37, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 30.69, 188.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0909 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.092 187.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5203, 30.1073, 36.1232)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A49C #A4424A

analogous

#42A46B #42A49C #427BA4

triadic

#42A49C #9C42A4 #A49C42

tetradic

#42A49C #6B42A4 #A4424A #7BA442

square

#42A49C #6B42A4 #A4424A #7BA442

split-complementary

#42A49C #A4427B #A46B42

monochromatic

#1F4D49 #307872 #42A49C #63C0B9 #8FD2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42A49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#42A49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A49C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A49C	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 187.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfb9',
    500: '#42a49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a49c;
$custom-light: #81bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.102,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65901,
    "c": 0.09176,
    "h": 187.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A49C

secondary

#BD8589

accent

#5560D2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A49C

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

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