#42BFB0#42BFB0

#42BFB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.111 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFB0
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 7.9%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.56, -37.62, -2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.56, 37.71, 183.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.1106 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.111 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7104, 41.5513, 47.5730)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFB0 #BF4251

analogous

#42BF71 #42BFB0 #428FBF

triadic

#42BFB0 #B042BF #BFB042

tetradic

#42BFB0 #7142BF #BF4251 #8FBF42

square

#42BFB0 #7142BF #BF4251 #8FBF42

split-complementary

#42BFB0 #BF428F #BF7142

monochromatic

#22655D #329287 #42BFB0 #70CEC3 #9DDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42BFB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#42BFB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFB0

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFB0	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B4B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.111 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3c7',
    500: '#42bfb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfb0;
$custom-light: #86d3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFB0

secondary

#CA9399

accent

#4F5FD9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFB0

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

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