#42504C#42504C

#42504C is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.019 H 176.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42504C
RGB	rgb(66, 80, 76)
HSL	hsl(163, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(163, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.74, -6.46, 0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.74, 6.48, 175.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.78% -0.0189 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(41.78% 0.019 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4196, 7.4172, 7.9295)
Luminance	0.0742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42504C #504246

analogous

#425045 #42504C #424D50

triadic

#42504C #4C4250 #504C42

tetradic

#42504C #454250 #504246 #4D5042

square

#42504C #454250 #504246 #4D5042

split-complementary

#42504C #50424D #504542

monochromatic

#0E1110 #262E2C #42504C #5E726C #7B928B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.46

#42504C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#42504C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42504C

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42504C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42504C	1.00	8.46	2.48	8.46
#FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4C4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42504c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 80, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.019 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76817e',
    500: '#42504c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42504c;
$custom-light: #76817e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42504c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41776,
    "c": 0.0189,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42504C

secondary

#7F6F73

accent

#7587B3

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#080A09

muted

#7B7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #42504C

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

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