#42959E#42959E

#42959E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.081 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42959E
RGB	rgb(66, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -22.29, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 25.48, 208.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0733 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.081 205)
XYZ	xyz(19.1632, 25.1199, 36.1798)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42959E #9E4B42

analogous

#429E79 #42959E #42679E

triadic

#42959E #9E4295 #959E42

tetradic

#42959E #79429E #9E4B42 #679E42

square

#42959E #79429E #9E4B42 #679E42

split-complementary

#42959E #9E4267 #9E7942

monochromatic

#1E4448 #306C73 #42959E #60B4BD #8CC8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#42959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#42959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42959E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42959E	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)

#8A8F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.081 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b4ba',
    500: '#42959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42959e;
$custom-light: #80b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.87,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62242,
    "c": 0.08086,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.25122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42959E

secondary

#BA8782

accent

#6357D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42959E

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

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