#42969A#42969A

#42969A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.081 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42969A
RGB	rgb(66, 150, 154)
HSL	hsl(183, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -23.98, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 25.90, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.0762 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.081 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9834, 25.3022, 34.4490)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42969A #9A4642

analogous

#429A72 #42969A #426A9A

triadic

#42969A #9A4296 #969A42

tetradic

#42969A #72429A #9A4642 #6A9A42

square

#42969A #72429A #9A4642 #6A9A42

split-complementary

#42969A #9A426A #9A7242

monochromatic

#1D4344 #306C6F #42969A #5FB6BA #8ACACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#42969A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#42969A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42969A

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42969A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42969A	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E859B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42969a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 150, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.081 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5b7',
    500: '#42969a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42969a;
$custom-light: #80b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42969a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62341,
    "c": 0.08084,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42969A

secondary

#B88380

accent

#5D58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42969A

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

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