#42BCA4#42BCA4

#42BCA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.113 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCA4
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 164)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, -39.40, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 39.47, 176.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.113 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.113 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9276, 39.8021, 41.3782)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCA4 #BC425A

analogous

#42BC67 #42BCA4 #4297BC

triadic

#42BCA4 #A442BC #BCA442

tetradic

#42BCA4 #6742BC #BC425A #97BC42

square

#42BCA4 #6742BC #BC425A #97BC42

split-complementary

#42BCA4 #BC4297 #BC6742

monochromatic

#226155 #328F7C #42BCA4 #6FCCBA #9CDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BCA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#42BCA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCA4

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCA4	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.113 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1be',
    500: '#42bca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bca4;
$custom-light: #85d1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.197,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72135,
    "c": 0.11314,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCA4

secondary

#C9919C

accent

#506BD8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCA4

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

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