#42979E#42979E

#42979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.082 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42979E
RGB	rgb(66, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -23.33, -11.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 25.97, 206.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0756 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.082 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4824, 25.7582, 36.2862)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42979E #9E4942

analogous

#429E77 #42979E #42699E

triadic

#42979E #9E4297 #979E42

tetradic

#42979E #77429E #9E4942 #699E42

square

#42979E #77429E #9E4942 #699E42

split-complementary

#42979E #9E4269 #9E7742

monochromatic

#1E4448 #306E73 #42979E #60B6BD #8CCACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#42979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#42979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42979E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42979E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.082 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6ba',
    500: '#42979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42979e;
$custom-light: #80b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.565,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62738,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42979E

secondary

#BA8682

accent

#6057D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42979E

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

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