#42897E#42897E

#42897E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.074 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42897E
RGB	rgb(66, 137, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 35%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 52%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 0%, 8%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -25.14, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 25.16, 182.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0737 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.074 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9567, 20.5546, 22.9139)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42897E #89424D

analogous

#42895B #42897E #427189

triadic

#42897E #7E4289 #897E42

tetradic

#42897E #5B4289 #89424D #718942

square

#42897E #5B4289 #89424D #718942

split-complementary

#42897E #894271 #895B42

monochromatic

#1A3632 #2E6058 #42897E #59AFA2 #82C3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#42897E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#42897E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42897E

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42897E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42897E	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42897e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 137, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.074 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7caca3',
    500: '#42897e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42897e;
$custom-light: #7caca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42897e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.704,
    "s": 34.975,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58093,
    "c": 0.07379,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42897E

secondary

#AE7981

accent

#5D6ECB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F3

border

#C9CECD

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42897E

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

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