#42A596#42A596

#42A596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.095 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A596
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -32.46, -0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 32.47, 181.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0948 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.095 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2044, 30.2684, 33.5731)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A596 #A54251

analogous

#42A564 #42A596 #4282A5

triadic

#42A596 #9642A5 #A59642

tetradic

#42A596 #6442A5 #A54251 #82A542

square

#42A596 #6442A5 #A54251 #82A542

split-complementary

#42A596 #A54282 #A56442

monochromatic

#1F4E47 #31796E #42A596 #63C1B3 #8FD2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#42A596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#42A596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A596

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A596	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9C95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.095 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c0b4',
    500: '#42a596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a596;
$custom-light: #81c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.909,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65956,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A596

secondary

#BD858E

accent

#5568D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A596

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

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