#42997B#42997B

#42997B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42997B
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(159, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(159, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -33.65, 7.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 34.58, 166.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.094 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.096 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2115, 25.3692, 22.7248)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42997B #994260

analogous

#42994F #42997B #428B99

triadic

#42997B #7B4299 #997B42

tetradic

#42997B #4F4299 #994260 #8B9942

square

#42997B #4F4299 #994260 #8B9942

split-complementary

#42997B #99428B #994F42

monochromatic

#1D4336 #306E59 #42997B #5EBA9A #89CCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#42997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#42997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42997B

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42997B	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#179A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7a1',
    500: '#42997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42997b;
$custom-light: #7eb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62105,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42997B

secondary

#B78093

accent

#5881D0

background

#F8FBF9

surface

#EFF6F2

border

#CAD0CC

text

#0A110E

muted

#7C807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42997B

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

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