#42BC9E#42BC9E

#42BC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.117 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC9E
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -40.92, 5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 41.26, 172.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.1158 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.117 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3985, 39.5905, 38.5916)
Luminance	0.3959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC9E #BC4260

analogous

#42BC61 #42BC9E #429DBC

triadic

#42BC9E #9E42BC #BC9E42

tetradic

#42BC9E #6142BC #BC4260 #9DBC42

square

#42BC9E #6142BC #BC4260 #9DBC42

split-complementary

#42BC9E #BC429D #BC6142

monochromatic

#226152 #328F78 #42BC9E #6FCCB5 #9CDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#42BC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC9E

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC9E	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.117 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1ba',
    500: '#42bc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc9e;
$custom-light: #84d1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.246,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC9E

secondary

#C9919F

accent

#5071D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC9E

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

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