#42938E#42938E

#42938E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.079 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42938E
RGB	rgb(66, 147, 142)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 0%, 3.4%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -25.85, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 26.30, 190.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0781 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.079 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5609, 23.9770, 29.2885)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42938E #934247

analogous

#429366 #42938E #427093

triadic

#42938E #8E4293 #938E42

tetradic

#42938E #664293 #934247 #709342

square

#42938E #664293 #934247 #709342

split-complementary

#42938E #934270 #936642

monochromatic

#1C3F3C #2F6965 #42938E #5CB6B0 #87C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#42938E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#42938E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42938E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42938E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42938E	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E828F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42938e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 147, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.079 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb3af',
    500: '#42938e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42938e;
$custom-light: #7eb3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42938e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.296,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61165,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42938E

secondary

#B47D80

accent

#5A61CE

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42938E

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

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