#42989A#42989A

#42989A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.082 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42989A
RGB	rgb(66, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(181, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -24.99, -8.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 26.52, 199.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0784 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.082 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.3053, 25.9459, 34.5563)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42989A #9A4442

analogous

#429A70 #42989A #426C9A

triadic

#42989A #9A4298 #989A42

tetradic

#42989A #70429A #9A4442 #6C9A42

square

#42989A #70429A #9A4442 #6C9A42

split-complementary

#42989A #9A426C #9A7042

monochromatic

#1D4344 #306E6F #42989A #5FB8BA #8ACBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#42989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#42989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42989A

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42989A	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F919A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.082 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6b7',
    500: '#42989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42989a;
$custom-light: #80b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62839,
    "c": 0.08218,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42989A

secondary

#B88180

accent

#5B58D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42989A

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

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