#42A49D#42A49D

#42A49D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.092 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A49D
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 157)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 4.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -30.09, -4.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 30.49, 189.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0905 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.092 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6053, 30.1413, 36.5710)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A49D #A44249

analogous

#42A46C #42A49D #427AA4

triadic

#42A49D #9D42A4 #A49D42

tetradic

#42A49D #6C42A4 #A44249 #7AA442

square

#42A49D #6C42A4 #A44249 #7AA442

split-complementary

#42A49D #A4427A #A46C42

monochromatic

#1F4D49 #307873 #42A49D #63C0BA #8FD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42A49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#42A49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A49D

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A49D	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C909E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.092 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfb9',
    500: '#42a49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a49d;
$custom-light: #81bfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65934,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A49D

secondary

#BD8589

accent

#555ED2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A49D

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

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