#42A699#42A699

#42A699 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.095 H 183.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A699
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 153)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 7.8%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -32.14, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 32.20, 183.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% -0.0945 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.095 183.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6302, 30.7284, 34.9221)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A699 #A6424F

analogous

#42A667 #42A699 #4281A6

triadic

#42A699 #9942A6 #A69942

tetradic

#42A699 #6742A6 #A6424F #81A642

square

#42A699 #6742A6 #A6424F #81A642

split-complementary

#42A699 #A64281 #A66742

monochromatic

#1F4E48 #317A71 #42A699 #64C1B5 #90D3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#42A699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A699

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A699	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.095 183.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b7',
    500: '#42a699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a699;
$custom-light: #81c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.2,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66303,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 183.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A699

secondary

#BE868D

accent

#5565D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A699

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

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