#42AA98#42AA98

#42AA98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.099 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42AA98
RGB	rgb(66, 170, 152)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(170, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 0%, 10.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -34.29, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 34.29, 179.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% -0.0993 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.099 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2864, 32.1724, 34.7351)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42AA98 #AA4254

analogous

#42AA64 #42AA98 #4288AA

triadic

#42AA98 #9842AA #AA9842

tetradic

#42AA98 #6442AA #AA4254 #88AA42

square

#42AA98 #6442AA #AA4254 #88AA42

split-complementary

#42AA98 #AA4288 #AA6442

monochromatic

#205249 #317E71 #42AA98 #66C3B3 #92D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#42AA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#42AA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AA98

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42AA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42AA98	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42aa98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 170, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.099 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82c4b6',
    500: '#42aa98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42aa98;
$custom-light: #82c4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42aa98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67274,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42AA98

secondary

#C08892

accent

#546AD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0B1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #42AA98

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

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