#42997E#42997E

#42997E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.094 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42997E
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(161, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(161, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -32.92, 6.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 33.54, 169.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0926 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.094 170)
XYZ	xyz(17.4021, 25.4454, 23.7290)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42997E #99425D

analogous

#429952 #42997E #428899

triadic

#42997E #7E4299 #997E42

tetradic

#42997E #524299 #99425D #889942

square

#42997E #524299 #99425D #889942

split-complementary

#42997E #994288 #995242

monochromatic

#1D4338 #306E5B #42997E #5EBA9D #89CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#42997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#42997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42997E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42997E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#139A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.094 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7eb7a3',
    500: '#42997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42997e;
$custom-light: #7eb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.379,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62189,
    "c": 0.09401,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.25447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42997E

secondary

#B78091

accent

#587DD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F3

border

#CAD0CD

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42997E

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

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