#42959F#42959F

#42959F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.081 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42959F
RGB	rgb(66, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -22.00, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 25.48, 210.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0729 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.081 206)
XYZ	xyz(19.2496, 25.1544, 36.6350)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42959F #9F4C42

analogous

#429F7B #42959F #42679F

triadic

#42959F #9F4295 #959F42

tetradic

#42959F #7B429F #9F4C42 #679F42

square

#42959F #7B429F #9F4C42 #679F42

split-complementary

#42959F #9F4267 #9F7B42

monochromatic

#1E4449 #306C74 #42959F #61B3BD #8CC8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#42959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#42959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42959F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42959F	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.081 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b4bb',
    500: '#42959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42959f;
$custom-light: #80b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.452,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62281,
    "c": 0.08109,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.25156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42959F

secondary

#BA8882

accent

#6457D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42959F

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

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