#42A5A2#42A5A2

#42A5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.091 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A5A2
RGB	rgb(66, 165, 162)
HSL	hsl(178, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 1.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -29.19, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 30.03, 193.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0893 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.091 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2206, 30.6748, 38.9252)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A5A2 #A54245

analogous

#42A571 #42A5A2 #4276A5

triadic

#42A5A2 #A242A5 #A5A242

tetradic

#42A5A2 #7142A5 #A54245 #76A542

square

#42A5A2 #7142A5 #A54245 #76A542

split-complementary

#42A5A2 #A54276 #A57142

monochromatic

#1F4E4C #317977 #42A5A2 #63C1BE #8FD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#42A5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A5A2

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A5A2	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 165, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.091 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c0bd',
    500: '#42a5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a5a2;
$custom-light: #82c0bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.182,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66353,
    "c": 0.09144,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A5A2

secondary

#BD8587

accent

#5559D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A5A2

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

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