#42736B#42736B

#42736B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.055 H 182.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42736B
RGB	rgb(66, 115, 107)
HSL	hsl(170, 27%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 43%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 0%, 7%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.91, -18.68, -0.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.91, 18.69, 182.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51.82% -0.055 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(51.82% 0.055 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.0303, 14.4805, 16.1208)
Luminance	0.1448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42736B #73424A

analogous

#427352 #42736B #426273

triadic

#42736B #6B4273 #736B42

tetradic

#42736B #524273 #73424A #627342

square

#42736B #524273 #73424A #627342

split-complementary

#42736B #734262 #735242

monochromatic

#152523 #2C4C47 #42736B #589A8F #7CB4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#42736B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#42736B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42736B

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42736B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42736B	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66686C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F7570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42736b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 115, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.055 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#799b95',
    500: '#42736b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42736b;
$custom-light: #799b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42736b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.204,
    "s": 27.072,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51823,
    "c": 0.05503,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42736B

secondary

#9F7279

accent

#6474C3

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F1

border

#C9CCCB

text

#090E0D

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42736B

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

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