#42A893#42A893

#42A893 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.100 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A893
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 147)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 12.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -34.65, 2.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 34.72, 176.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.62% -0.0995 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(66.62% 0.1 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5134, 31.2679, 32.4996)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A893 #A84257

analogous

#42A860 #42A893 #428AA8

triadic

#42A893 #9342A8 #A89342

tetradic

#42A893 #6042A8 #A84257 #8AA842

square

#42A893 #6042A8 #A84257 #8AA842

split-complementary

#42A893 #A8428A #A86042

monochromatic

#1F5046 #317C6D #42A893 #65C2AF #91D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#42A893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#42A893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A893

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A893	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939395

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.100 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2b2',
    500: '#42a893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a893;
$custom-light: #81c2b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66619,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A893

secondary

#BF8792

accent

#546FD3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F5

border

#CAD1CF

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A893

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

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