#42BFBC#42BFBC

#42BFBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.108 H 192.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFBC
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -34.34, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 35.39, 194.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.1053 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.108 192.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9506, 42.0473, 54.1047)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFBC #BF4245

analogous

#42BF7D #42BFBC #4283BF

triadic

#42BFBC #BC42BF #BFBC42

tetradic

#42BFBC #7D42BF #BF4245 #83BF42

square

#42BFBC #7D42BF #BF4245 #83BF42

split-complementary

#42BFBC #BF4283 #BF7D42

monochromatic

#226563 #329290 #42BFBC #70CECC #9DDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42BFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFBC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFBC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.108 192.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3d0',
    500: '#42bfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfbc;
$custom-light: #87d3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73636,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 192.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFBC

secondary

#CA9394

accent

#4F52D9

background

#F8FDFC

surface

#F0FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFBC

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

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