#42989E#42989E

#42989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.082 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42989E
RGB	rgb(66, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -23.84, -10.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 26.23, 204.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0767 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.082 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6440, 26.0814, 36.3401)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42989E #9E4842

analogous

#429E76 #42989E #426A9E

triadic

#42989E #9E4298 #989E42

tetradic

#42989E #76429E #9E4842 #6A9E42

square

#42989E #76429E #9E4842 #6A9E42

split-complementary

#42989E #9E426A #9E7642

monochromatic

#1E4548 #306E73 #42989E #60B7BD #8CCACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#42989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#42989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42989E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42989E	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.082 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b6ba',
    500: '#42989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42989e;
$custom-light: #80b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62985,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42989E

secondary

#BA8682

accent

#5F57D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42989E

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

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