#42989C#42989C

#42989C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.082 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42989C
RGB	rgb(66, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -24.42, -9.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 26.35, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0776 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.082 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4732, 26.0131, 35.4408)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42989C #9C4642

analogous

#429C73 #42989C #426B9C

triadic

#42989C #9C4298 #989C42

tetradic

#42989C #73429C #9C4642 #6B9C42

square

#42989C #73429C #9C4642 #6B9C42

split-complementary

#42989C #9C426B #9C7342

monochromatic

#1E4446 #306E71 #42989C #60B7BC #8BCBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#42989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#42989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42989C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42989C	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.082 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6b9',
    500: '#42989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42989c;
$custom-light: #80b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.667,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62912,
    "c": 0.08226,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42989C

secondary

#B98481

accent

#5D57D0

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42989C

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

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