#42998B#42998B

#42998B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.086 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42998B
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(170, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -29.62, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 29.62, 181.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0864 -0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.086 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2961, 25.8030, 28.4374)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42998B #994250

analogous

#42995F #42998B #427B99

triadic

#42998B #8B4299 #998B42

tetradic

#42998B #5F4299 #994250 #7B9942

square

#42998B #5F4299 #994250 #7B9942

split-complementary

#42998B #99427B #995F42

monochromatic

#1D433D #306E64 #42998B #5EBAAB #89CCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#42998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#42998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42998B

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42998B	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)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.086 181.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.345,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62581,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42998B

secondary

#B78089

accent

#586BD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42998B

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

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