#42979C#42979C

#42979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.082 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42979C
RGB	rgb(66, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -23.91, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 26.06, 203.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0764 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.082 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3116, 25.6899, 35.3870)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42979C #9C4742

analogous

#429C74 #42979C #426A9C

triadic

#42979C #9C4297 #979C42

tetradic

#42979C #74429C #9C4742 #6A9C42

square

#42979C #74429C #9C4742 #6A9C42

split-complementary

#42979C #9C426A #9C7442

monochromatic

#1E4446 #306D71 #42979C #60B6BC #8BCACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#42979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#42979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42979C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42979C	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.082 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6b9',
    500: '#42979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42979c;
$custom-light: #80b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62663,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42979C

secondary

#B98481

accent

#5E57D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42979C

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

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