#42797A#42797A

#42797A is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.058 H 197.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42797A
RGB	rgb(66, 121, 122)
HSL	hsl(181, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 46%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.9%, 0.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, -17.86, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 18.91, 199.20°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% -0.0558 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.058 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.5956, 16.2371, 20.8789)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42797A #7A4342

analogous

#427A5F #42797A #425D7A

triadic

#42797A #7A4279 #797A42

tetradic

#42797A #5F427A #7A4342 #5D7A42

square

#42797A #5F427A #7A4342 #5D7A42

split-complementary

#42797A #7A425D #7A5F42

monochromatic

#172A2B #2D5252 #42797A #57A0A2 #7DB8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#42797A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#42797A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42797A

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42797A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42797A	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72747A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#257C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42797a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 121, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.058 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba0a0',
    500: '#42797a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42797a;
$custom-light: #7ba0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42797a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 29.787,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53882,
    "c": 0.05836,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42797A

secondary

#A47574

accent

#6462C6

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#090E0E

muted

#7B7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42797A

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

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