#42BFC2#42BFC2

#42BFC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.108 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFC2
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 194)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 1.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -32.64, -11.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 34.64, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.84% -0.1027 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.84% 0.108 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6109, 42.3115, 57.5821)
Luminance	0.4232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFC2 #C24542

analogous

#42C285 #42BFC2 #427FC2

triadic

#42BFC2 #C242BF #BFC242

tetradic

#42BFC2 #8542C2 #C24542 #7FC242

square

#42BFC2 #8542C2 #C24542 #7FC242

split-complementary

#42BFC2 #C2427F #C28542

monochromatic

#226668 #319496 #42BFC2 #70CFD1 #9FDEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42BFC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#42BFC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFC2

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFC2	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B6C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA8C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.108 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87d2d4',
    500: '#42bfc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfc2;
$custom-light: #87d2d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73844,
    "c": 0.10762,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFC2

secondary

#CC9594

accent

#504DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFC2

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

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