#42797B#42797B

#42797B is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.058 H 198.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42797B
RGB	rgb(66, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(182, 30%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 46%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, -17.58, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 18.84, 201.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% -0.0553 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.058 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.6579, 16.2620, 21.2069)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42797B #7B4442

analogous

#427B61 #42797B #425D7B

triadic

#42797B #7B4279 #797B42

tetradic

#42797B #61427B #7B4442 #5D7B42

square

#42797B #61427B #7B4442 #5D7B42

split-complementary

#42797B #7B425D #7B6142

monochromatic

#172B2B #2D5253 #42797B #57A0A3 #7EB8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#42797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#42797B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42797B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42797B	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)

#72747B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#257C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.058 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba0a1',
    500: '#42797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42797b;
$custom-light: #7ba0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 30.159,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53919,
    "c": 0.05838,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42797B

secondary

#A57674

accent

#6561C6

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0E

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42797B

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

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