#42BCA9#42BCA9

#42BCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCA9
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -38.11, -0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 38.11, 180.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1107 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.111 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3880, 39.9863, 43.8031)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCA9 #BC4255

analogous

#42BC6C #42BCA9 #4292BC

triadic

#42BCA9 #A942BC #BCA942

tetradic

#42BCA9 #6C42BC #BC4255 #92BC42

square

#42BCA9 #6C42BC #BC4255 #92BC42

split-complementary

#42BCA9 #BC4292 #BC6C42

monochromatic

#226158 #328F80 #42BCA9 #6FCCBE #9CDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42BCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#42BCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCA9

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCA9	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c2',
    500: '#42bca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bca9;
$custom-light: #85d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.656,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCA9

secondary

#C9919A

accent

#5065D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCA9

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

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