#42909E#42909E

#42909E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.079 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42909E
RGB	rgb(66, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -19.68, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 24.53, 216.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.0676 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.079 211)
XYZ	xyz(18.3891, 23.5716, 35.9218)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42909E #9E5042

analogous

#429E7E #42909E #42629E

triadic

#42909E #9E4290 #909E42

tetradic

#42909E #7E429E #9E5042 #629E42

square

#42909E #7E429E #9E5042 #629E42

split-complementary

#42909E #9E4262 #9E7E42

monochromatic

#1E4148 #306973 #42909E #60AFBD #8CC5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#42909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#42909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42909E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42909E	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	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)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.079 211.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61008,
    "c": 0.07887,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.23573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42909E

secondary

#BA8A82

accent

#6957D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42909E

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

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