#42A697#42A697

#42A697 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.095 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A697
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -32.67, -0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 32.68, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0954 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.095 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4664, 30.6629, 34.0594)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A697 #A64251

analogous

#42A665 #42A697 #4283A6

triadic

#42A697 #9742A6 #A69742

tetradic

#42A697 #6542A6 #A64251 #83A642

square

#42A697 #6542A6 #A64251 #83A642

split-complementary

#42A697 #A64283 #A66542

monochromatic

#1F4E47 #317A6F #42A697 #64C1B3 #90D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#42A697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A697

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A697	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.095 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b5',
    500: '#42a697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a697;
$custom-light: #81c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66239,
    "c": 0.09547,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A697

secondary

#BE868E

accent

#5568D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A697

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

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