#42999F#42999F

#42999F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42999F
RGB	rgb(66, 153, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 58%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 3.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -24.06, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 26.46, 204.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0774 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.8934, 26.4419, 36.8496)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42999F #9F4842

analogous

#429F77 #42999F #426B9F

triadic

#42999F #9F4299 #999F42

tetradic

#42999F #77429F #9F4842 #6B9F42

square

#42999F #77429F #9F4842 #6B9F42

split-complementary

#42999F #9F426B #9F7742

monochromatic

#1E4649 #306F74 #42999F #61B7BD #8CCBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#42999F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#42999F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #42999F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42999F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42999F	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42999f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 153, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#80b7bb',
    500: '#42999f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42999f;
$custom-light: #80b7bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42999f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6327,
    "c": 0.08314,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42999F

secondary

#BA8682

accent

#5F57D1

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #42999F

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

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