#42BC9F#42BC9F

#42BC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BC9F
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(166, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(166, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -40.67, 4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 40.95, 173.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.1153 0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.116 174)
XYZ	xyz(26.4849, 39.6250, 39.0468)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BC9F #BC425F

analogous

#42BC62 #42BC9F #429CBC

triadic

#42BC9F #9F42BC #BC9F42

tetradic

#42BC9F #6242BC #BC425F #9CBC42

square

#42BC9F #6242BC #BC425F #9CBC42

split-complementary

#42BC9F #BC429C #BC6242

monochromatic

#226152 #328F79 #42BC9F #6FCCB6 #9CDCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#42BC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BC9F

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BC9F	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B09E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d1bb',
    500: '#42bc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bc9f;
$custom-light: #84d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.738,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7199,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.39628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BC9F

secondary

#C9919E

accent

#5070D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BC9F

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

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