#42969F#42969F

#42969F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.082 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42969F
RGB	rgb(66, 150, 159)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -22.52, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 25.70, 208.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.074 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.082 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4085, 25.4722, 36.6880)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42969F #9F4B42

analogous

#429F7A #42969F #42689F

triadic

#42969F #9F4296 #969F42

tetradic

#42969F #7A429F #9F4B42 #689F42

square

#42969F #7A429F #9F4B42 #689F42

split-complementary

#42969F #9F4268 #9F7A42

monochromatic

#1E4449 #306D74 #42969F #61B4BD #8CC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#42969F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#42969F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42969F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42969F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42969F	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)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42969f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 150, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.082 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b5bb',
    500: '#42969f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42969f;
$custom-light: #80b5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42969f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.806,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62528,
    "c": 0.08155,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42969F

secondary

#BA8882

accent

#6257D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42969F

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

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