#42998D#42998D

#42998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.086 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42998D
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -29.09, -1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 29.13, 183.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0855 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.086 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4436, 25.8620, 29.2140)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42998D #99424E

analogous

#429961 #42998D #427999

triadic

#42998D #8D4299 #998D42

tetradic

#42998D #614299 #99424E #799942

square

#42998D #614299 #99424E #799942

split-complementary

#42998D #994279 #996142

monochromatic

#1D433E #306E66 #42998D #5EBAAD #89CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#42998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#42998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42998D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42998D	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#92918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.086 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb7ae',
    500: '#42998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42998d;
$custom-light: #7fb7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.08561,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42998D

secondary

#B78087

accent

#5869D0

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42998D

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

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