#42ACBF#42ACBF

#42ACBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42ACBF
RGB	rgb(66, 172, 191)
HSL	hsl(189, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -24.19, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 30.55, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0844 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.099 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3993, 34.4220, 54.5329)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42ACBF #BF5542

analogous

#42BF93 #42ACBF #426DBF

triadic

#42ACBF #BF42AC #ACBF42

tetradic

#42ACBF #9342BF #BF5542 #6DBF42

square

#42ACBF #9342BF #BF5542 #6DBF42

split-complementary

#42ACBF #BF426D #BF9342

monochromatic

#225A65 #328492 #42ACBF #70C0CE #9DD4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#42ACBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#42ACBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42ACBF

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42ACBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42ACBF	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B99BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42acbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 172, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85c5d2',
    500: '#42acbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42acbf;
$custom-light: #85c5d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42acbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69138,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42ACBF

secondary

#CA9B93

accent

#644FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42ACBF

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

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