#42897B#42897B

#42897B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.075 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42897B
RGB	rgb(66, 137, 123)
HSL	hsl(168, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 10.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -25.93, 0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 25.93, 178.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58% -0.0751 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.075 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7660, 20.4783, 21.9096)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42897B #894250

analogous

#428958 #42897B #427489

triadic

#42897B #7B4289 #897B42

tetradic

#42897B #584289 #894250 #748942

square

#42897B #584289 #894250 #748942

split-complementary

#42897B #894274 #895842

monochromatic

#1A3631 #2E6056 #42897B #59AF9E #82C3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#42897B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#42897B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42897B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42897B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42897B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84827A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42897b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 137, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.075 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caca1',
    500: '#42897b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42897b;
$custom-light: #7caca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42897b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.07516,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42897B

secondary

#AE7983

accent

#5D73CB

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EEF4F2

border

#C9CECC

text

#0A100E

muted

#7C7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42897B

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

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