#42848D#42848D

#42848D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.068 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42848D
RGB	rgb(66, 132, 141)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.36, -18.34, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.36, 21.54, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0609 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.068 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.3038, 19.5825, 28.1675)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42848D #8D4B42

analogous

#428D70 #42848D #425E8D

triadic

#42848D #8D4284 #848D42

tetradic

#42848D #70428D #8D4B42 #5E8D42

square

#42848D #70428D #8D4B42 #5E8D42

split-complementary

#42848D #8D425E #8D7042

monochromatic

#1B363A #2E5D63 #42848D #5AA7B2 #84BEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#42848D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#42848D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42848D

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42848D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42848D	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42848d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 132, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.068 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7da8ae',
    500: '#42848d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42848d;
$custom-light: #7da8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42848d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57366,
    "c": 0.06843,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42848D

secondary

#B0817B

accent

#695CCC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A0F10

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42848D

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

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