#42A69A#42A69A

#42A69A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.094 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A69A
RGB	rgb(66, 166, 154)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 7.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -31.87, -2.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 31.96, 184.41°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.094 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.094 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7131, 30.7615, 35.3589)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A69A #A6424E

analogous

#42A668 #42A69A #4280A6

triadic

#42A69A #9A42A6 #A69A42

tetradic

#42A69A #6842A6 #A6424E #80A642

square

#42A69A #6842A6 #A6424E #80A642

split-complementary

#42A69A #A64280 #A66842

monochromatic

#1F4E49 #317A71 #42A69A #64C1B6 #90D3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#42A69A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#42A69A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A69A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A69A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A69A	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)

#9E9D9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a69a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 166, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.094 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c1b7',
    500: '#42a69a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a69a;
$custom-light: #81c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a69a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66335,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A69A

secondary

#BE868D

accent

#5564D3

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF7F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A69A

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

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