#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
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, -28.82, -2.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 28.90, 184.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.085 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.085 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5183, 25.8919, 29.6077)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42998E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42998E

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

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