#42BFC7#42BFC7

#42BFC7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFC7
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 199)
HSL	hsl(184, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -31.20, -14.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 34.23, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.1006 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1819, 42.5399, 60.5894)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFC7 #C74A42

analogous

#42C78D #42BFC7 #427DC7

triadic

#42BFC7 #C742BF #BFC742

tetradic

#42BFC7 #8D42C7 #C74A42 #7DC742

square

#42BFC7 #8D42C7 #C74A42 #7DC742

split-complementary

#42BFC7 #C7427D #C78D42

monochromatic

#21696E #2F979D #42BFC7 #71CFD5 #A0DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BFC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#42BFC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFC7

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFC7	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2d8',
    500: '#42bfc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfc7;
$custom-light: #88d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74022,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFC7

secondary

#D09995

accent

#534ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFC7

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

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