#42BFD7#42BFD7

#42BFD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.112 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BFD7
RGB	rgb(66, 191, 215)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -26.42, -22.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 34.39, 219.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.094 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.112 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1381, 43.3224, 70.8924)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BFD7 #D75A42

analogous

#42D7A4 #42BFD7 #4275D7

triadic

#42BFD7 #D742BF #BFD742

tetradic

#42BFD7 #A442D7 #D75A42 #75D742

square

#42BFD7 #A442D7 #D75A42 #75D742

split-complementary

#42BFD7 #D74275 #D7A442

monochromatic

#1C7283 #269EB5 #42BFD7 #75D0E2 #A7E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42BFD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#42BFD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BFD7

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BFD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BFD7	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A9D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bfd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 191, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.112 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2e3',
    500: '#42bfd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bfd7;
$custom-light: #89d2e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bfd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BFD7

secondary

#DAA59B

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BFD7

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

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