#42887F#42887F

#42887F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.072 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42887F
RGB	rgb(66, 136, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.5%, 0%, 6.6%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -24.37, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 24.44, 184.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0721 -0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.072 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.8801, 20.2976, 23.2082)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42887F #88424B

analogous

#42885C #42887F #426E88

triadic

#42887F #7F4288 #887F42

tetradic

#42887F #5C4288 #88424B #6E8842

square

#42887F #5C4288 #88424B #6E8842

split-complementary

#42887F #88426E #885C42

monochromatic

#1A3632 #2E5F59 #42887F #59AEA3 #82C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#42887F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#42887F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42887F

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42887F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42887F	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82817F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42887f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 136, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.072 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caba4',
    500: '#42887f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42887f;
$custom-light: #7caba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42887f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.286,
    "s": 34.653,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57871,
    "c": 0.07228,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42887F

secondary

#AD797F

accent

#5D6BCB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42887F

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

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