#42BFBF#42BFBF

#42BFBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFBF
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 191)
HSL	hsl(180, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 0%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -33.49, -10.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 34.98, 196.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.104 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.108 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2773, 42.1780, 55.8256)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFBF #BF4242

analogous

#42BF80 #42BFBF #4280BF

triadic

#42BFBF #BF42BF #BFBF42

tetradic

#42BFBF #8042BF #BF4242 #80BF42

square

#42BFBF #8042BF #BF4242 #80BF42

split-complementary

#42BFBF #BF4280 #BF8042

monochromatic

#226565 #329292 #42BFBF #70CECE #9DDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42BFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42BFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFBF

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFBF	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3d2',
    500: '#42bfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfbf;
$custom-light: #87d3d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.10771,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFBF

secondary

#CA9393

accent

#4F4FD9

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFBF

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

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