#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
RGBrgb(66, 191, 215)
HSLhsl(190, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(190, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 11.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.77, -26.42, -22.01)
CIE-LCHlch(71.77, 34.39, 219.80°)
OKLaboklab(74.63% -0.094 -0.0613)
OKLCHoklch(74.63% 0.112 213.1)
XYZxyz(33.1381, 43.3224, 70.8924)
Luminance0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42BFD71.002.179.679.67
#FFFFFF2.171.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6721.001.001.00
##0000009.6721.001.001.00

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

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#42BFD7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva