#42BFBA#42BFBA

#42BFBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFBA
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.84, -34.90, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.84, 35.71, 192.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.1062 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.108 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7365, 41.9617, 52.9771)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFBA #BF4247

analogous

#42BF7B #42BFBA #4285BF

triadic

#42BFBA #BA42BF #BFBA42

tetradic

#42BFBA #7B42BF #BF4247 #85BF42

square

#42BFBA #7B42BF #BF4247 #85BF42

split-complementary

#42BFBA #BF4285 #BF7B42

monochromatic

#226562 #32928E #42BFBA #70CECB #9DDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#42BFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFBA

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFBA	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3ce',
    500: '#42bfba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfba;
$custom-light: #87d3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFBA

secondary

#CA9395

accent

#4F54D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFBA

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

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