#42898F#42898F

#42898F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.072 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42898F
RGB	rgb(66, 137, 143)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, -20.42, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 22.74, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.066 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.072 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1483, 21.0313, 29.1897)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42898F #8F4842

analogous

#428F6E #42898F #42628F

triadic

#42898F #8F4289 #898F42

tetradic

#42898F #6E428F #8F4842 #628F42

square

#42898F #6E428F #8F4842 #628F42

split-complementary

#42898F #8F4262 #8F6E42

monochromatic

#1B393B #2F6165 #42898F #5BACB3 #85C1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#42898F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#42898F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42898F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42898F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42898F	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42898f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 137, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.072 202.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42898f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58691,
    "c": 0.07155,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42898F

secondary

#B1807B

accent

#645BCD

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0A1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42898F

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

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