#42BCA7#42BCA7

#42BCA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.112 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCA7
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, -38.63, 0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 38.64, 178.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.1116 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.112 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2017, 39.9117, 42.8219)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCA7 #BC4257

analogous

#42BC6A #42BCA7 #4294BC

triadic

#42BCA7 #A742BC #BCA742

tetradic

#42BCA7 #6A42BC #BC4257 #94BC42

square

#42BCA7 #6A42BC #BC4257 #94BC42

split-complementary

#42BCA7 #BC4294 #BC6A42

monochromatic

#226157 #328F7F #42BCA7 #6FCCBC #9CDCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#42BCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#42BCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCA7

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCA7	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A4A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.112 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c1',
    500: '#42bca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bca7;
$custom-light: #85d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.672,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCA7

secondary

#C9919B

accent

#5067D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCA7

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

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