#42909C#42909C

#42909C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.078 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42909C
RGB	rgb(66, 144, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, -20.28, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 24.42, 213.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0685 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.078 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2183, 23.5033, 35.0225)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42909C #9C4E42

analogous

#429C7B #42909C #42639C

triadic

#42909C #9C4290 #909C42

tetradic

#42909C #7B429C #9C4E42 #639C42

square

#42909C #7B429C #9C4E42 #639C42

split-complementary

#42909C #9C4263 #9C7B42

monochromatic

#1E4146 #306871 #42909C #60AFBC #8BC5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#42909C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#42909C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42909C

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42909C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42909C	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42909c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 144, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.078 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0b9',
    500: '#42909c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42909c;
$custom-light: #7fb0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42909c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60929,
    "c": 0.07816,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42909C

secondary

#B98881

accent

#6857D0

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42909C

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

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