#42BFB7#42BFB7

#42BFB7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFB7
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 183)
HSL	hsl(176, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -35.73, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 36.24, 189.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1075 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.109 189)
XYZ	xyz(29.4209, 41.8355, 51.3151)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFB7 #BF424A

analogous

#42BF78 #42BFB7 #4288BF

triadic

#42BFB7 #B742BF #BFB742

tetradic

#42BFB7 #7842BF #BF424A #88BF42

square

#42BFB7 #7842BF #BF424A #88BF42

split-complementary

#42BFB7 #BF4288 #BF7842

monochromatic

#226560 #32928C #42BFB7 #70CEC8 #9DDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BFB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42BFB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFB7

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFB7	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3cc',
    500: '#42bfb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfb7;
$custom-light: #86d3cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.16,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73469,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.41839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFB7

secondary

#CA9396

accent

#4F58D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFB7

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

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