#42BDBF#42BDBF

#42BDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.106 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDBF
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -32.54, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 34.35, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.102 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.106 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8442, 41.3117, 55.6812)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDBF #BF4442

analogous

#42BF82 #42BDBF #427EBF

triadic

#42BDBF #BF42BD #BDBF42

tetradic

#42BDBF #8242BF #BF4442 #7EBF42

square

#42BDBF #8242BF #BF4442 #7EBF42

split-complementary

#42BDBF #BF427E #BF8242

monochromatic

#226365 #329192 #42BDBF #70CDCE #9DDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42BDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDBF

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDBF	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.106 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d1d2',
    500: '#42bdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdbf;
$custom-light: #87d1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73253,
    "c": 0.10642,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDBF

secondary

#CA9393

accent

#514FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDBF

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

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