#42BFB9#42BFB9

#42BFB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.108 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFB9
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 185)
HSL	hsl(177, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 3.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -35.17, -7.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 35.88, 191.36°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.1066 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.108 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6306, 41.9193, 52.4192)
Luminance	0.4192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFB9 #BF4248

analogous

#42BF7A #42BFB9 #4286BF

triadic

#42BFB9 #B942BF #BFB942

tetradic

#42BFB9 #7A42BF #BF4248 #86BF42

square

#42BFB9 #7A42BF #BF4248 #86BF42

split-complementary

#42BFB9 #BF4286 #BF7A42

monochromatic

#226561 #32928E #42BFB9 #70CECA #9DDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42BFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFB9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFB9	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.108 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d3ce',
    500: '#42bfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfb9;
$custom-light: #86d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.12,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73535,
    "c": 0.10844,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFB9

secondary

#CA9395

accent

#4F55D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFB9

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

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