#42CFBF#42CFBF

#42CFBF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.121 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFBF
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 191)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 7.7%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -40.84, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 40.95, 184.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.1202 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.121 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9591, 49.5416, 57.0529)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFBF #CF4252

analogous

#42CF78 #42CFBF #4299CF

triadic

#42CFBF #BF42CF #CFBF42

tetradic

#42CFBF #7842CF #CF4252 #99CF42

square

#42CFBF #7842CF #CF4252 #99CF42

split-complementary

#42CFBF #CF4299 #CF7842

monochromatic

#1F786E #2BA99B #42CFBF #73DBD0 #A4E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42CFBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#42CFBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFBF

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFBF	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B5C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.121 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ded2',
    500: '#42cfbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfbf;
$custom-light: #89ded2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.191,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77632,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFBF

secondary

#D5989F

accent

#4557E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFBF

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

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