#42A995#42A995

#42A995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.100 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42A995
RGB	rgb(66, 169, 149)
HSL	hsl(168, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 11.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -34.60, 1.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 34.63, 177.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0996 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.1 178)
XYZ	xyz(21.8570, 31.7019, 33.3951)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42A995 #A94256

analogous

#42A961 #42A995 #4289A9

triadic

#42A995 #9542A9 #A99542

tetradic

#42A995 #6142A9 #A94256 #89A942

square

#42A995 #6142A9 #A94256 #89A942

split-complementary

#42A995 #A94289 #A96142

monochromatic

#205147 #317D6E #42A995 #65C3B1 #91D4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#42A995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#42A995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42A995

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42A995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42A995	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42a995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 169, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.100 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c3b4',
    500: '#42a995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42a995;
$custom-light: #81c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42a995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.35,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.31704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42A995

secondary

#C08792

accent

#546DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42A995

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

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