#42BFBE#42BFBE

#42BFBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFBE
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 190)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, -33.78, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 35.11, 195.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.7% -0.1044 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(73.7% 0.108 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1677, 42.1342, 55.2480)
Luminance	0.4214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFBE #BF4243

analogous

#42BF7F #42BFBE #4281BF

triadic

#42BFBE #BE42BF #BFBE42

tetradic

#42BFBE #7F42BF #BF4243 #81BF42

square

#42BFBE #7F42BF #BF4243 #81BF42

split-complementary

#42BFBE #BF4281 #BF7F42

monochromatic

#226564 #329291 #42BFBE #70CECE #9DDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BFBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#42BFBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFBE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFBE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3d1',
    500: '#42bfbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfbe;
$custom-light: #87d3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73704,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFBE

secondary

#CA9393

accent

#4F50D9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFBE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →