#42BFC8#42BFC8

#42BFC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFC8
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 200)
HSL	hsl(184, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 4.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -30.90, -14.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 34.17, 205.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.1002 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.108 202)
XYZ	xyz(31.2983, 42.5864, 61.2029)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFC8 #C84B42

analogous

#42C88E #42BFC8 #427CC8

triadic

#42BFC8 #C842BF #BFC842

tetradic

#42BFC8 #8E42C8 #C84B42 #7CC842

square

#42BFC8 #8E42C8 #C84B42 #7CC842

split-complementary

#42BFC8 #C8427C #C88E42

monochromatic

#206A6F #2E979F #42BFC8 #71CFD6 #A1DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42BFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#42BFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFC8

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFC8	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2d8',
    500: '#42bfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfc8;
$custom-light: #88d2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.03,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74058,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.4259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFC8

secondary

#D09A96

accent

#544ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFC8

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

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