#42909D#42909D

#42909D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.079 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42909D
RGB	rgb(66, 144, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 8.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, -19.98, -14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 24.47, 215.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% -0.0681 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.079 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3034, 23.5373, 35.4703)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42909D #9D4F42

analogous

#429D7C #42909D #42629D

triadic

#42909D #9D4290 #909D42

tetradic

#42909D #7C429D #9D4F42 #629D42

square

#42909D #7C429D #9D4F42 #629D42

split-complementary

#42909D #9D4262 #9D7C42

monochromatic

#1E4147 #306872 #42909D #60AFBC #8BC5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#42909D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#42909D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42909D

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42909D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42909D	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42909d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 144, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.079 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0ba',
    500: '#42909d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42909d;
$custom-light: #7fb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42909d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60968,
    "c": 0.0785,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42909D

secondary

#B98982

accent

#6957D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42909D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →