#42909A#42909A

#42909A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.078 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42909A
RGB	rgb(66, 144, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -20.87, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 24.36, 211.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% -0.0693 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.078 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0504, 23.4361, 34.1380)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42909A #9A4C42

analogous

#429A78 #42909A #42649A

triadic

#42909A #9A4290 #909A42

tetradic

#42909A #78429A #9A4C42 #649A42

square

#42909A #78429A #9A4C42 #649A42

split-complementary

#42909A #9A4264 #9A7842

monochromatic

#1D4044 #30686F #42909A #5FB0BA #8AC5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#42909A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#42909A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42909A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42909A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42909A	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78819A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42909a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 144, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.078 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0b7',
    500: '#42909a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42909a;
$custom-light: #7fb0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42909a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60852,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42909A

secondary

#B88680

accent

#6658D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42909A

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

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