#42BCA2#42BCA2

#42BCA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.114 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCA2
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 162)
HSL	hsl(167, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(167, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 13.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -39.91, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 40.05, 175.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.1139 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.114 176)
XYZ	xyz(26.7484, 39.7304, 40.4345)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCA2 #BC425C

analogous

#42BC65 #42BCA2 #4299BC

triadic

#42BCA2 #A242BC #BCA242

tetradic

#42BCA2 #6542BC #BC425C #99BC42

square

#42BCA2 #6542BC #BC425C #99BC42

split-complementary

#42BCA2 #BC4299 #BC6542

monochromatic

#226154 #328F7B #42BCA2 #6FCCB8 #9CDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#42BCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#42BCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCA2

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCA2	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A4A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.114 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1bd',
    500: '#42bca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bca2;
$custom-light: #85d1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.213,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72076,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.39733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCA2

secondary

#C9919D

accent

#506DD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCA2

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

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