#42998C#42998C

#42998C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.086 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42998C
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(171, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -29.35, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 29.37, 182.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0859 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.086 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3695, 25.8324, 28.8239)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42998C #99424F

analogous

#429960 #42998C #427B99

triadic

#42998C #8C4299 #998C42

tetradic

#42998C #604299 #99424F #7B9942

square

#42998C #604299 #99424F #7B9942

split-complementary

#42998C #99427B #996042

monochromatic

#1D433E #306E65 #42998C #5EBAAC #89CCC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#42998C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#42998C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42998C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42998C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42998C	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42998c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.086 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb7ad',
    500: '#42998c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42998c;
$custom-light: #7fb7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42998c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.034,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62613,
    "c": 0.08601,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42998C

secondary

#B78088

accent

#586AD0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42998C

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

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