#42BFA7#42BFA7

#42BFA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.115 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFA7
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 167)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 12.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -39.98, 2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 40.03, 177.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.1148 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.115 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8493, 41.2068, 43.0377)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFA7 #BF425A

analogous

#42BF68 #42BFA7 #4298BF

triadic

#42BFA7 #A742BF #BFA742

tetradic

#42BFA7 #6842BF #BF425A #98BF42

square

#42BFA7 #6842BF #BF425A #98BF42

split-complementary

#42BFA7 #BF4298 #BF6842

monochromatic

#226558 #329280 #42BFA7 #70CEBC #9DDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BFA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#42BFA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFA7

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFA7	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A7A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.115 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c1',
    500: '#42bfa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfa7;
$custom-light: #85d3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.48,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72969,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFA7

secondary

#CA939D

accent

#4F69D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFA7

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

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