#42998A#42998A

#42998A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.087 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42998A
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 9.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -29.88, 0.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 29.88, 179.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0869 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.087 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2234, 25.7739, 28.0543)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42998A #994251

analogous

#42995E #42998A #427C99

triadic

#42998A #8A4299 #998A42

tetradic

#42998A #5E4299 #994251 #7C9942

square

#42998A #5E4299 #994251 #7C9942

split-complementary

#42998A #99427C #995E42

monochromatic

#1D433D #306E63 #42998A #5EBAAA #89CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#42998A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#42998A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42998A

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42998A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42998A	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42998a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.087 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb7ac',
    500: '#42998a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42998a;
$custom-light: #7fb7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42998a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62549,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42998A

secondary

#B78089

accent

#586DD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42998A

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

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