#42959C#42959C

#42959C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.080 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42959C
RGB	rgb(66, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -22.88, -11.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 25.52, 206.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0742 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.08 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9925, 25.0516, 35.2806)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42959C #9C4942

analogous

#429C76 #42959C #42689C

triadic

#42959C #9C4295 #959C42

tetradic

#42959C #76429C #9C4942 #689C42

square

#42959C #76429C #9C4942 #689C42

split-complementary

#42959C #9C4268 #9C7642

monochromatic

#1E4346 #306C71 #42959C #60B4BC #8BC9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#42959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#42959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42959C

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42959C	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.080 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b4b9',
    500: '#42959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42959c;
$custom-light: #80b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62167,
    "c": 0.08047,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42959C

secondary

#B98581

accent

#6157D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42959C

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

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