#42979D#42979D

#42979D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.082 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42979D
RGB	rgb(66, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -23.62, -10.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 26.01, 204.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.076 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.082 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3966, 25.7239, 35.8348)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42979D #9D4842

analogous

#429D75 #42979D #42699D

triadic

#42979D #9D4297 #979D42

tetradic

#42979D #75429D #9D4842 #699D42

square

#42979D #75429D #9D4842 #699D42

split-complementary

#42979D #9D4269 #9D7542

monochromatic

#1E4447 #306E72 #42979D #60B6BC #8BCACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#42979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#42979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42979D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42979D	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.082 201.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.956,
    "s": 40.807,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.627,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42979D

secondary

#B98582

accent

#5F57D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42979D

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

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