#42BFAC#42BFAC

#42BFAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.112 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFAC
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 172)
HSL	hsl(171, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 9.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -38.68, -0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 38.68, 180.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1125 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.112 181)
XYZ	xyz(28.3204, 41.3953, 45.5193)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFAC #BF4255

analogous

#42BF6D #42BFAC #4293BF

triadic

#42BFAC #AC42BF #BFAC42

tetradic

#42BFAC #6D42BF #BF4255 #93BF42

square

#42BFAC #6D42BF #BF4255 #93BF42

split-complementary

#42BFAC #BF4293 #BF6D42

monochromatic

#22655A #329284 #42BFAC #70CEC0 #9DDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BFAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#42BFAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFAC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFAC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A7AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.112 181.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.88,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7312,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.41398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFAC

secondary

#CA939B

accent

#4F64D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFAC

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

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