#42BFA0#42BFA0

#42BFA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFA0
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 160)
HSL	hsl(165, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 16.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -41.74, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 42.12, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.118 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.119 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2196, 40.9549, 39.7215)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFA0 #BF4261

analogous

#42BF61 #42BFA0 #429FBF

triadic

#42BFA0 #A042BF #BFA042

tetradic

#42BFA0 #6142BF #BF4261 #9FBF42

square

#42BFA0 #6142BF #BF4261 #9FBF42

split-complementary

#42BFA0 #BF429F #BF6142

monochromatic

#226554 #32927A #42BFA0 #70CEB7 #9DDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BFA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#42BFA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFA0

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFA0	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3bc',
    500: '#42bfa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfa0;
$custom-light: #85d3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72767,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFA0

secondary

#CA93A0

accent

#4F71D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFA0

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

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