#42A49E#42A49E

#42A49E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.091 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A49E
RGB	rgb(66, 164, 158)
HSL	hsl(176, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 3.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -29.82, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 30.31, 190.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.09 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.091 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6911, 30.1756, 37.0225)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A49E #A44248

analogous

#42A46D #42A49E #4279A4

triadic

#42A49E #9E42A4 #A49E42

tetradic

#42A49E #6D42A4 #A44248 #79A442

square

#42A49E #6D42A4 #A44248 #79A442

split-complementary

#42A49E #A44279 #A46D42

monochromatic

#1F4D4A #307874 #42A49E #63C0BB #8FD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#42A49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#42A49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A49E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A49E	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9C9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C919F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 164, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.091 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81bfba',
    500: '#42a49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a49e;
$custom-light: #81bfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.327,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65968,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A49E

secondary

#BD8588

accent

#555DD2

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A49E

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

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