#42998E#42998E

#42998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.085 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42998E
RGBrgb(66, 153, 142)
HSLhsl(172, 40%, 43%)
HSVhsv(172, 57%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(56.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LABlab(57.93, -28.82, -2.10)
CIE-LCHlch(57.93, 28.90, 184.17°)
OKLaboklab(62.68% -0.085 -0.0061)
OKLCHoklch(62.68% 0.085 184.1)
XYZxyz(18.5183, 25.8919, 29.6077)
Luminance0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42998E #99424D
analogous
#429962 #42998E #427899
triadic
#42998E #8E4299 #998E42
tetradic
#42998E #624299 #99424D #789942
square
#42998E #624299 #99424D #789942
split-complementary
#42998E #994278 #996242
monochromatic
#1D433F #306E66 #42998E #5EBAAE #89CCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40
#42998E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18
#42998E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42998E
6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42998E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42998E1.003.406.186.18
#FFFFFF3.401.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1821.001.001.00
##0000006.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92918E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84878F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009C95
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.085 184.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fb7af',
    500: '#42998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42998e;
$custom-light: #7fb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.414,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62678,
    "c": 0.08524,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42998E
secondary
#B78087
accent
#5867D0
background
#F8FBFA
surface
#EFF6F4
border
#CAD0CE
text
#0B1110
muted
#7C807F

Preview Lab

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#42998E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva