#42504E#42504E

#42504E is a dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.018 H 186.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42504E
RGB	rgb(66, 80, 78)
HSL	hsl(171, 10%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(171, 18%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.80, -5.98, -0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.80, 6.02, 186.37°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% -0.0179 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.018 186)
XYZ	xyz(6.4902, 7.4455, 8.3014)
Luminance	0.0745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42504E #504244

analogous

#425047 #42504E #424B50

triadic

#42504E #4E4250 #504E42

tetradic

#42504E #474250 #504244 #4B5042

square

#42504E #474250 #504244 #4B5042

split-complementary

#42504E #50424B #504742

monochromatic

#0E1110 #262E2D #42504E #5E726F #7B928E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#42504E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#42504E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42504E

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42504E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42504E	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E514F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42504e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 80, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.018 186.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42504e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 9.589,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41845,
    "c": 0.018,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.07446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42504E

secondary

#7F6F71

accent

#757EB3

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EDEEEE

border

#C8C9C9

text

#080A0A

muted

#7B7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42504E

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

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