#42939B#42939B

#42939B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.079 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42939B
RGB	rgb(66, 147, 155)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 5.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -22.14, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 25.04, 207.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0723 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.079 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5944, 24.3904, 34.7319)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42939B #9B4A42

analogous

#429B76 #42939B #42669B

triadic

#42939B #9B4293 #939B42

tetradic

#42939B #76429B #9B4A42 #669B42

square

#42939B #76429B #9B4A42 #669B42

split-complementary

#42939B #9B4266 #9B7642

monochromatic

#1D4245 #306A70 #42939B #5FB3BB #8AC7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#42939B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#42939B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42939B

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42939B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42939B	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42939b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 147, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.079 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb3b8',
    500: '#42939b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42939b;
$custom-light: #7fb3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42939b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.393,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61633,
    "c": 0.07924,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42939B

secondary

#B88681

accent

#6258D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42939B

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

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