#42BFB2#42BFB2

#42BFB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFB2
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 6.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -37.09, -3.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 37.25, 185.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.1097 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.11 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9097, 41.6310, 48.6228)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFB2 #BF424F

analogous

#42BF73 #42BFB2 #428DBF

triadic

#42BFB2 #B242BF #BFB242

tetradic

#42BFB2 #7342BF #BF424F #8DBF42

square

#42BFB2 #7342BF #BF424F #8DBF42

split-complementary

#42BFB2 #BF428D #BF7342

monochromatic

#22655E #329288 #42BFB2 #70CEC5 #9DDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42BFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#42BFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFB2

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFB2	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B5B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3c9',
    500: '#42bfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfb2;
$custom-light: #86d3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.76,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73307,
    "c": 0.11022,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFB2

secondary

#CA9398

accent

#4F5DD9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFB2

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

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