#42959D#42959D

#42959D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.081 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42959D
RGB	rgb(66, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -22.59, -11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 25.49, 207.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0737 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.081 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0775, 25.0856, 35.7284)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42959D #9D4A42

analogous

#429D77 #42959D #42679D

triadic

#42959D #9D4295 #959D42

tetradic

#42959D #77429D #9D4A42 #679D42

square

#42959D #77429D #9D4A42 #679D42

split-complementary

#42959D #9D4267 #9D7742

monochromatic

#1E4347 #306C72 #42959D #60B4BC #8BC8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#42959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#42959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42959D

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42959D	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.081 203.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.275,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62205,
    "c": 0.08065,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42959D

secondary

#B98682

accent

#6257D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42959D

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

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