#42969D#42969D

#42969D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.081 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42969D
RGB	rgb(66, 150, 157)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -23.10, -11.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 25.74, 206.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0749 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.081 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2364, 25.4034, 35.7813)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42969D #9D4942

analogous

#429D76 #42969D #42689D

triadic

#42969D #9D4296 #969D42

tetradic

#42969D #76429D #9D4942 #689D42

square

#42969D #76429D #9D4942 #689D42

split-complementary

#42969D #9D4268 #9D7642

monochromatic

#1E4447 #306D72 #42969D #60B5BC #8BC9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#42969D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#42969D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42969D

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42969D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42969D	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42969d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 150, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.081 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5b9',
    500: '#42969d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42969d;
$custom-light: #80b5b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42969d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62452,
    "c": 0.08118,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42969D

secondary

#B98682

accent

#6057D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42969D

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

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