#42BFBD#42BFBD

#42BFBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFBD
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 189)
HSL	hsl(179, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -34.06, -9.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 35.25, 194.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1049 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.108 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0588, 42.0906, 54.6744)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFBD #BF4244

analogous

#42BF7E #42BFBD #4282BF

triadic

#42BFBD #BD42BF #BFBD42

tetradic

#42BFBD #7E42BF #BF4244 #82BF42

square

#42BFBD #7E42BF #BF4244 #82BF42

split-complementary

#42BFBD #BF4282 #BF7E42

monochromatic

#226563 #329291 #42BFBD #70CECD #9DDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BFBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#42BFBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFBD

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFBD	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 193.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.04,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7367,
    "c": 0.10787,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFBD

secondary

#CA9393

accent

#4F51D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFBD

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

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