#42856E#42856E

#42856E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.078 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42856E
RGB	rgb(66, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(159, 34%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(159, 50%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 0%, 17.3%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.76, -27.20, 5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.76, 27.83, 167.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.0765 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.078 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4475, 19.0580, 17.7187)
Luminance	0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42856E #854259

analogous

#42854D #42856E #427B85

triadic

#42856E #6E4285 #856E42

tetradic

#42856E #4D4285 #854259 #7B8542

square

#42856E #4D4285 #854259 #7B8542

split-complementary

#42856E #85427B #854D42

monochromatic

#19332A #2E5C4C #42856E #58AC8F #81C0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#42856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#42856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42856E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42856E	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.078 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ba997',
    500: '#42856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42856e;
$custom-light: #7ba997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.403,
    "s": 33.668,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5657,
    "c": 0.078,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42856E

secondary

#AB7889

accent

#5E83CA

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100D

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42856E

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

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