#42BC9B#42BC9B

#42BC9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC9B
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 155)
HSL	hsl(164, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -41.66, 6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 42.22, 170.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.1172 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.118 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.1434, 39.4884, 37.2482)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC9B #BC4263

analogous

#42BC5E #42BC9B #42A0BC

triadic

#42BC9B #9B42BC #BC9B42

tetradic

#42BC9B #5E42BC #BC4263 #A0BC42

square

#42BC9B #5E42BC #BC4263 #A0BC42

split-complementary

#42BC9B #BC42A0 #BC5E42

monochromatic

#226150 #328F76 #42BC9B #6FCCB3 #9CDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#42BC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#42BC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC9B

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC9B	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1b8',
    500: '#42bc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc9b;
$custom-light: #84d1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71877,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC9B

secondary

#C991A0

accent

#5075D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC9B

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

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