#42838E#42838E

#42838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.068 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42838E
RGB	rgb(66, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.09, -17.51, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.09, 21.39, 215.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% -0.0593 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.068 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2436, 19.3425, 28.5161)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42838E #8E4D42

analogous

#428E73 #42838E #425D8E

triadic

#42838E #8E4283 #838E42

tetradic

#42838E #73428E #8E4D42 #5D8E42

square

#42838E #73428E #8E4D42 #5D8E42

split-complementary

#42838E #8E425D #8E7342

monochromatic

#1B363A #2F5C64 #42838E #5BA6B3 #84BDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#42838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#42838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42838E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42838E	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D768E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#098886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.068 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da7af',
    500: '#42838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42838e;
$custom-light: #7da7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.684,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57155,
    "c": 0.06832,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42838E

secondary

#B1837B

accent

#6C5BCD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42838E

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

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