#42A98A#42A98A

#42A98A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.106 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A98A
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 138)
HSL	hsl(162, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(162, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -37.36, 7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 38.05, 169.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.1048 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.106 170)
XYZ	xyz(21.0199, 31.3670, 28.9865)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A98A #A94261

analogous

#42A956 #42A98A #4294A9

triadic

#42A98A #8A42A9 #A98A42

tetradic

#42A98A #5642A9 #A94261 #94A942

square

#42A98A #5642A9 #A94261 #94A942

split-complementary

#42A98A #A94294 #A95642

monochromatic

#205142 #317D66 #42A98A #65C3A7 #91D4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#42A98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#42A98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A98A

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A98A	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)

#A59E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.106 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3ac',
    500: '#42a98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a98a;
$custom-light: #81c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.942,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66611,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.31369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A98A

secondary

#C08798

accent

#547BD4

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF8F4

border

#CAD1CE

text

#0B1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A98A

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

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