#42BFAF#42BFAF

#42BFAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFAF
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 175)
HSL	hsl(172, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.53, -37.89, -2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.53, 37.94, 183.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.1111 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.111 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6118, 41.5118, 47.0538)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFAF #BF4252

analogous

#42BF70 #42BFAF #4290BF

triadic

#42BFAF #AF42BF #BFAF42

tetradic

#42BFAF #7042BF #BF4252 #90BF42

square

#42BFAF #7042BF #BF4252 #90BF42

split-complementary

#42BFAF #BF4290 #BF7042

monochromatic

#22655C #329286 #42BFAF #70CEC2 #9DDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BFAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42BFAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFAF

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B6B4AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 183.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.32,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73212,
    "c": 0.11126,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFAF

secondary

#CA939A

accent

#4F61D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFAF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →