#42A89A#42A89A

#42A89A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.096 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A89A
RGB	rgb(66, 168, 154)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 0%, 8.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -32.82, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 32.86, 182.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0962 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.096 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0795, 31.4943, 35.4810)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A89A #A84250

analogous

#42A867 #42A89A #4283A8

triadic

#42A89A #9A42A8 #A89A42

tetradic

#42A89A #6742A8 #A84250 #83A842

square

#42A89A #6742A8 #A84250 #83A842

split-complementary

#42A89A #A84283 #A86742

monochromatic

#1F5049 #317C72 #42A89A #65C2B6 #91D4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#42A89A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#42A89A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A89A

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A89A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A89A	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a89a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 168, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.096 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c2b7',
    500: '#42a89a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a89a;
$custom-light: #82c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a89a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66836,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A89A

secondary

#BF878F

accent

#5466D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A89A

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

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