#42BFAA#42BFAA

#42BFAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFAA
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 170)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 11%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -39.20, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 39.21, 179.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.1134 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.113 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.1298, 41.3190, 44.5153)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFAA #BF4257

analogous

#42BF6B #42BFAA #4295BF

triadic

#42BFAA #AA42BF #BFAA42

tetradic

#42BFAA #6B42BF #BF4257 #95BF42

square

#42BFAA #6B42BF #BF4257 #95BF42

split-complementary

#42BFAA #BF4295 #BF6B42

monochromatic

#226559 #329282 #42BFAA #70CEBF #9DDED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42BFAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42BFAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFAA

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFAA	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)

#B7B4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d3c3',
    500: '#42bfaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfaa;
$custom-light: #85d3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.92,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFAA

secondary

#CA939C

accent

#4F66D9

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFAA

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

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