#42A899#42A899

#42A899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.097 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A899
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(171, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 8.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -33.09, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 33.10, 181.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0967 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.097 182)
XYZ	xyz(21.9965, 31.4612, 35.0442)
Luminance	0.3146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A899 #A84251

analogous

#42A866 #42A899 #4284A8

triadic

#42A899 #9942A8 #A89942

tetradic

#42A899 #6642A8 #A84251 #84A842

square

#42A899 #6642A8 #A84251 #84A842

split-complementary

#42A899 #A84284 #A86642

monochromatic

#1F5049 #317C71 #42A899 #65C2B5 #91D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#42A899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#42A899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A899

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A899	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.097 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c2b7',
    500: '#42a899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a899;
$custom-light: #81c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66804,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.31463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A899

secondary

#BF878F

accent

#5467D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A899

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

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