#42957D#42957D

#42957D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.089 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42957D
RGB	rgb(66, 149, 125)
HSL	hsl(163, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 56%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 16.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -31.28, 5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 31.69, 170.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0884 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.089 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6942, 24.1323, 23.1763)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42957D #95425A

analogous

#429554 #42957D #428495

triadic

#42957D #7D4295 #957D42

tetradic

#42957D #544295 #95425A #849542

square

#42957D #544295 #95425A #849542

split-complementary

#42957D #954284 #955442

monochromatic

#1C4036 #2F6B59 #42957D #5DB79D #87CAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#42957D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#42957D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42957D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42957D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42957D	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918C7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84837F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42957d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 149, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.089 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb4a2',
    500: '#42957d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42957d;
$custom-light: #7eb4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42957d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.651,
    "s": 38.605,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61134,
    "c": 0.08938,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42957D

secondary

#B57E8E

accent

#597BCF

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42957D

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

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