#42BFAE#42BFAE

#42BFAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFAE
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 174)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 8.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -38.15, -1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 38.18, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.1116 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.112 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5140, 41.4727, 46.5385)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFAE #BF4253

analogous

#42BF6F #42BFAE #4291BF

triadic

#42BFAE #AE42BF #BFAE42

tetradic

#42BFAE #6F42BF #BF4253 #91BF42

square

#42BFAE #6F42BF #BF4253 #91BF42

split-complementary

#42BFAE #BF4291 #BF6F42

monochromatic

#22655C #329285 #42BFAE #70CEC2 #9DDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BFAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42BFAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFAE

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFAE	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3c6',
    500: '#42bfae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfae;
$custom-light: #86d3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.84,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73181,
    "c": 0.11166,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFAE

secondary

#CA939A

accent

#4F62D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFAE

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

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