#42A894#42A894

#42A894 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.099 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A894
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 148)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 11.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -34.39, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 34.43, 177.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.099 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.099 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5922, 31.2994, 32.9147)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A894 #A84256

analogous

#42A861 #42A894 #4289A8

triadic

#42A894 #9442A8 #A89442

tetradic

#42A894 #6142A8 #A84256 #89A842

square

#42A894 #6142A8 #A84256 #89A842

split-complementary

#42A894 #A84289 #A86142

monochromatic

#1F5047 #317C6D #42A894 #65C2B0 #91D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#42A894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#42A894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A894

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A894	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.099 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2b3',
    500: '#42a894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a894;
$custom-light: #81c2b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.235,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66649,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A894

secondary

#BF8792

accent

#546DD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A894

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

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