#42BCA1#42BCA1

#42BCA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.115 H 175.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCA1
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 161)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -40.17, 3.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 40.34, 174.62°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.1144 0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.115 175.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6599, 39.6950, 39.9682)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCA1 #BC425D

analogous

#42BC64 #42BCA1 #429ABC

triadic

#42BCA1 #A142BC #BCA142

tetradic

#42BCA1 #6442BC #BC425D #9ABC42

square

#42BCA1 #6442BC #BC425D #9ABC42

split-complementary

#42BCA1 #BC429A #BC6442

monochromatic

#226153 #328F7A #42BCA1 #6FCCB8 #9CDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BCA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#42BCA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCA1

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCA1	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.115 175.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1bc',
    500: '#42bca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bca1;
$custom-light: #85d1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.721,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72047,
    "c": 0.11479,
    "h": 175.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCA1

secondary

#C9919E

accent

#506ED8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCA1

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

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