#42A896#42A896

#42A896 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A896
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 150)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 10.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -33.88, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 33.88, 179.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0981 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.098 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7519, 31.3633, 33.7556)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A896 #A84254

analogous

#42A863 #42A896 #4287A8

triadic

#42A896 #9642A8 #A89642

tetradic

#42A896 #6342A8 #A84254 #87A842

square

#42A896 #6342A8 #A84254 #87A842

split-complementary

#42A896 #A84287 #A86342

monochromatic

#1F5048 #317C6F #42A896 #65C2B2 #91D4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#42A896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#42A896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A896

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A896	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2b4',
    500: '#42a896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a896;
$custom-light: #81c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6671,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A896

secondary

#BF8791

accent

#546BD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A896

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

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