#42BFA2#42BFA2

#42BFA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.118 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFA2
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 162)
HSL	hsl(166, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 15.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -41.24, 4.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 41.50, 173.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.1171 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.118 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3960, 41.0255, 40.6503)
Luminance	0.4103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFA2 #BF425F

analogous

#42BF63 #42BFA2 #429DBF

triadic

#42BFA2 #A242BF #BFA242

tetradic

#42BFA2 #6342BF #BF425F #9DBF42

square

#42BFA2 #6342BF #BF425F #9DBF42

split-complementary

#42BFA2 #BF429D #BF6342

monochromatic

#226555 #32927C #42BFA2 #70CEB8 #9DDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42BFA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#42BFA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFA2

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFA2	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B3A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.118 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3bd',
    500: '#42bfa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfa2;
$custom-light: #85d3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.08,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72824,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFA2

secondary

#CA939F

accent

#4F6FD9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFA2

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

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