#42BFCF#42BFCF

#42BFCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.109 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFCF
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -28.84, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 34.03, 212.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% -0.0972 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.109 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1352, 42.9212, 65.6104)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFCF #CF5242

analogous

#42CF99 #42BFCF #4278CF

triadic

#42BFCF #CF42BF #BFCF42

tetradic

#42BFCF #9942CF #CF5242 #78CF42

square

#42BFCF #9942CF #CF5242 #78CF42

split-complementary

#42BFCF #CF4278 #CF9942

monochromatic

#1F6E78 #2B9BA9 #42BFCF #73D0DB #A4E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42BFCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#42BFCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFCF

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFCF	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.109 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d2dd',
    500: '#42bfcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfcf;
$custom-light: #88d2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.809,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74318,
    "c": 0.10942,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFCF

secondary

#D59F98

accent

#5745E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFCF

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

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