#42797C#42797C

#42797C is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.058 H 200.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42797C
RGB	rgb(66, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 47%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, -17.30, -7.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 18.78, 202.91°)
OKLab	oklab(53.96% -0.0549 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(53.96% 0.058 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.7208, 16.2872, 21.5383)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42797C #7C4542

analogous

#427C62 #42797C #425C7C

triadic

#42797C #7C4279 #797C42

tetradic

#42797C #62427C #7C4542 #5C7C42

square

#42797C #62427C #7C4542 #5C7C42

split-complementary

#42797C #7C425C #7C6242

monochromatic

#172B2C #2D5254 #42797C #57A0A4 #7EB7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#42797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#42797C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #42797C

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##42797C	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#247D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.058 200.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 30.526,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53956,
    "c": 0.05845,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42797C

secondary

#A57775

accent

#6661C7

background

#F7F9F9

surface

#EEF2F2

border

#C9CCCC

text

#0A0E0F

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42797C

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

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