#42A698#42A698

#42A698 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.095 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A698
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 152)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 8.4%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -32.41, -1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 32.44, 182.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.095 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.095 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5479, 30.6955, 34.4889)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A698 #A64250

analogous

#42A666 #42A698 #4282A6

triadic

#42A698 #9842A6 #A69842

tetradic

#42A698 #6642A6 #A64250 #82A642

square

#42A698 #6642A6 #A64250 #82A642

split-complementary

#42A698 #A64282 #A66642

monochromatic

#1F4E48 #317A70 #42A698 #64C1B4 #90D3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#42A698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A698

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A698	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)

#9F9D98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.095 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b6',
    500: '#42a698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a698;
$custom-light: #81c1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66271,
    "c": 0.09506,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A698

secondary

#BE868E

accent

#5567D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A698

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

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