#42909F#42909F

#42909F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.079 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42909F
RGB	rgb(66, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.69, -19.38, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.69, 24.61, 218.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0672 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.079 212)
XYZ	xyz(18.4755, 23.6062, 36.3770)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42909F #9F5142

analogous

#429F80 #42909F #42629F

triadic

#42909F #9F4290 #909F42

tetradic

#42909F #80429F #9F5142 #629F42

square

#42909F #80429F #9F5142 #629F42

split-complementary

#42909F #9F4262 #9F8042

monochromatic

#1E4249 #306974 #42909F #61AEBD #8CC4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#42909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#42909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42909F

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42909F	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.079 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb0bb',
    500: '#42909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42909f;
$custom-light: #7fb0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61048,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.23608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42909F

secondary

#BA8B82

accent

#6A57D1

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #42909F

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

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