#42828E#42828E

#42828E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.068 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42828E
RGB	rgb(66, 130, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.78, -16.96, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.78, 21.23, 216.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0581 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.068 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.1100, 19.0752, 28.4715)
Luminance	0.1908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42828E #8E4E42

analogous

#428E74 #42828E #425C8E

triadic

#42828E #8E4282 #828E42

tetradic

#42828E #74428E #8E4E42 #5C8E42

square

#42828E #74428E #8E4E42 #5C8E42

split-complementary

#42828E #8E425C #8E7442

monochromatic

#1B353A #2F5C64 #42828E #5BA5B3 #84BCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#42828E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#42828E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42828E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42828E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42828E	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C758E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42828e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 130, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.068 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da6af',
    500: '#42828e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42828e;
$custom-light: #7da6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42828e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56906,
    "c": 0.06795,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42828E

secondary

#B1847B

accent

#6D5BCD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42828E

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

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