#42BFAB#42BFAB

#42BFAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 180.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFAB
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 171)
HSL	hsl(170, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 10.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -38.94, 0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 38.94, 179.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% -0.1129 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.113 180.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2248, 41.3570, 45.0154)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFAB #BF4256

analogous

#42BF6C #42BFAB #4294BF

triadic

#42BFAB #AB42BF #BFAB42

tetradic

#42BFAB #6C42BF #BF4256 #94BF42

square

#42BFAB #6C42BF #BF4256 #94BF42

split-complementary

#42BFAB #BF4294 #BF6C42

monochromatic

#22655A #329283 #42BFAB #70CEBF #9DDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BFAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42BFAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFAB

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFAB	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 180.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3c4',
    500: '#42bfab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfab;
$custom-light: #86d3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.4,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73089,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 180.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFAB

secondary

#CA939B

accent

#4F65D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFAB

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

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