#42979F#42979F

#42979F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.082 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42979F
RGB	rgb(66, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -23.03, -11.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 25.94, 207.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0751 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.082 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5688, 25.7927, 36.7414)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42979F #9F4A42

analogous

#429F79 #42979F #42699F

triadic

#42979F #9F4297 #979F42

tetradic

#42979F #79429F #9F4A42 #699F42

square

#42979F #79429F #9F4A42 #699F42

split-complementary

#42979F #9F4269 #9F7942

monochromatic

#1E4549 #306E74 #42979F #61B5BD #8CCACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#42979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#42979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42979F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42979F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C91A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.082 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6bb',
    500: '#42979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42979f;
$custom-light: #80b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.161,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62775,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42979F

secondary

#BA8782

accent

#6157D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42979F

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

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