#42898E#42898E

#42898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.071 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42898E
RGB	rgb(66, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, -20.71, -9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 22.78, 204.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0664 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.071 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0729, 21.0011, 28.7925)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42898E #8E4742

analogous

#428E6D #42898E #42638E

triadic

#42898E #8E4289 #898E42

tetradic

#42898E #6D428E #8E4742 #638E42

square

#42898E #6D428E #8E4742 #638E42

split-complementary

#42898E #8E4263 #8E6D42

monochromatic

#1B383A #2F6164 #42898E #5BADB3 #84C2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#42898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#42898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42898E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42898E	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#038E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.071 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dabaf',
    500: '#42898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42898e;
$custom-light: #7dabaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 36.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58653,
    "c": 0.0714,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42898E

secondary

#B17F7B

accent

#635BCD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF4F4

border

#C9CECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42898E

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

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