#42848C#42848C

#42848C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.068 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42848C
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 140)
HSL	hsl(186, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, -18.63, -10.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 21.52, 210.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% -0.0613 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.068 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.2298, 19.5529, 27.7774)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42848C #8C4A42

analogous

#428C6F #42848C #425F8C

triadic

#42848C #8C4284 #848C42

tetradic

#42848C #6F428C #8C4A42 #5F8C42

square

#42848C #6F428C #8C4A42 #5F8C42

split-complementary

#42848C #8C425F #8C6F42

monochromatic

#1B3639 #2E5D62 #42848C #5AA8B1 #84BEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#42848C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#42848C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42848C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42848C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42848C	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42848c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.068 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8ad',
    500: '#42848c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42848c;
$custom-light: #7da8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42848c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.486,
    "s": 35.922,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57327,
    "c": 0.06816,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42848C

secondary

#B0807A

accent

#685CCC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42848C

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

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