#42A593#42A593

#42A593 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.096 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A593
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 147)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 10.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -33.25, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 33.26, 178.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0962 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.096 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.9659, 30.1730, 32.3172)
Luminance	0.3018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A593 #A54254

analogous

#42A561 #42A593 #4285A5

triadic

#42A593 #9342A5 #A59342

tetradic

#42A593 #6142A5 #A54254 #85A542

square

#42A593 #6142A5 #A54254 #85A542

split-complementary

#42A593 #A54285 #A56142

monochromatic

#1F4E45 #31796C #42A593 #63C1B0 #8FD2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#42A593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#42A593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A593

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A593	1.00	2.99	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#9F9C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.096 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0b2',
    500: '#42a593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a593;
$custom-light: #81c0b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65863,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A593

secondary

#BD8590

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF7F5

border

#CAD0CF

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A593

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

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