#42BFBB#42BFBB

#42BFBB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFBB
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 187)
HSL	hsl(178, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -34.62, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 35.55, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.1057 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.108 192)
XYZ	xyz(29.8432, 42.0044, 53.5389)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFBB #BF4246

analogous

#42BF7C #42BFBB #4284BF

triadic

#42BFBB #BB42BF #BFBB42

tetradic

#42BFBB #7C42BF #BF4246 #84BF42

square

#42BFBB #7C42BF #BF4246 #84BF42

split-complementary

#42BFBB #BF4284 #BF7C42

monochromatic

#226562 #32928F #42BFBB #70CECB #9DDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BFBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#42BFBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFBB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFBB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3cf',
    500: '#42bfbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfbb;
$custom-light: #87d3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.08,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73602,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.42008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFBB

secondary

#CA9394

accent

#4F53D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFBB

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

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