#42BFC6#42BFC6

#42BFC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFC6
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 198)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -31.49, -13.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 34.29, 203.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.101 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.108 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0661, 42.4936, 59.9799)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFC6 #C64942

analogous

#42C68B #42BFC6 #427DC6

triadic

#42BFC6 #C642BF #BFC642

tetradic

#42BFC6 #8B42C6 #C64942 #7DC642

square

#42BFC6 #8B42C6 #C64942 #7DC642

split-complementary

#42BFC6 #C6427D #C68B42

monochromatic

#21696D #2F969C #42BFC6 #71CFD4 #A0DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#42BFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFC6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFC6	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2d7',
    500: '#42bfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfc6;
$custom-light: #88d2d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73986,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFC6

secondary

#CF9895

accent

#534BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFC6

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

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