#42999E#42999E

#42999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.083 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42999E
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -24.35, -10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 26.51, 203.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0778 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.083 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8070, 26.4074, 36.3944)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42999E #9E4742

analogous

#429E75 #42999E #426B9E

triadic

#42999E #9E4299 #999E42

tetradic

#42999E #75429E #9E4742 #6B9E42

square

#42999E #75429E #9E4742 #6B9E42

split-complementary

#42999E #9E426B #9E7542

monochromatic

#1E4548 #306F73 #42999E #60B8BD #8CCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#42999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#42999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42999E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42999E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.083 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7ba',
    500: '#42999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42999e;
$custom-light: #80b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.261,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63233,
    "c": 0.08303,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42999E

secondary

#BA8582

accent

#5E57D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42999E

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

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