#42969E#42969E

#42969E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.081 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42969E
RGB	rgb(66, 150, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -22.81, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 25.72, 207.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0744 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.081 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3221, 25.4377, 36.2328)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42969E #9E4A42

analogous

#429E78 #42969E #42689E

triadic

#42969E #9E4296 #969E42

tetradic

#42969E #78429E #9E4A42 #689E42

square

#42969E #78429E #9E4A42 #689E42

split-complementary

#42969E #9E4268 #9E7842

monochromatic

#1E4448 #306D73 #42969E #60B5BD #8CC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#42969E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#42969E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42969E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42969E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42969E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42969e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 150, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.081 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5ba',
    500: '#42969e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42969e;
$custom-light: #80b5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42969e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.08135,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42969E

secondary

#BA8782

accent

#6257D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42969E

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

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