#42959A#42959A

#42959A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.080 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42959A
RGB	rgb(66, 149, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -23.46, -10.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 25.60, 203.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.09% -0.075 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(62.09% 0.08 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8245, 24.9844, 34.3960)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42959A #9A4742

analogous

#429A73 #42959A #42699A

triadic

#42959A #9A4295 #959A42

tetradic

#42959A #73429A #9A4742 #699A42

square

#42959A #73429A #9A4742 #699A42

split-complementary

#42959A #9A4269 #9A7342

monochromatic

#1D4244 #306C6F #42959A #5FB5BA #8AC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#42959A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#42959A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42959A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42959A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42959A	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42959a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 149, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.080 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb4b7',
    500: '#42959a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42959a;
$custom-light: #7fb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42959a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.409,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62093,
    "c": 0.08021,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42959A

secondary

#B88380

accent

#5F58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42959A

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

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