#42949B#42949B

#42949B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.080 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42949B
RGB	rgb(66, 148, 155)
HSL	hsl(185, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -22.66, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 25.29, 206.36°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0735 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.08 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7506, 24.7028, 34.7839)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42949B #9B4942

analogous

#429B75 #42949B #42679B

triadic

#42949B #9B4294 #949B42

tetradic

#42949B #75429B #9B4942 #679B42

square

#42949B #75429B #9B4942 #679B42

split-complementary

#42949B #9B4267 #9B7542

monochromatic

#1D4245 #306B70 #42949B #5FB4BB #8AC8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#42949B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#42949B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42949B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42949B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42949B	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42949b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 148, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.080 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb3b8',
    500: '#42949b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42949b;
$custom-light: #7fb3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42949b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.719,
    "s": 40.271,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61881,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42949B

secondary

#B88581

accent

#6158D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42949B

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

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