#42BFC0#42BFC0

#42BFC0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFC0
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 192)
HSL	hsl(180, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -33.21, -10.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 34.86, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.77% -0.1036 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.77% 0.108 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3878, 42.2222, 56.4071)
Luminance	0.4223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFC0 #C04342

analogous

#42C082 #42BFC0 #4280C0

triadic

#42BFC0 #C042BF #BFC042

tetradic

#42BFC0 #8242C0 #C04342 #80C042

square

#42BFC0 #8242C0 #C04342 #80C042

split-complementary

#42BFC0 #C04280 #C08242

monochromatic

#226566 #319394 #42BFC0 #70CFCF #9EDEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BFC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#42BFC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFC0

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFC0	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d3d3',
    500: '#42bfc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfc0;
$custom-light: #87d3d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.476,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73774,
    "c": 0.10766,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFC0

secondary

#CB9393

accent

#4F4EDA

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFC0

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

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