#42BCAA#42BCAA

#42BCAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.110 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCAA
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 170)
HSL	hsl(171, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -37.85, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 37.86, 181.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.1103 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.11 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4823, 40.0240, 44.2994)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCAA #BC4254

analogous

#42BC6D #42BCAA #4291BC

triadic

#42BCAA #AA42BC #BCAA42

tetradic

#42BCAA #6D42BC #BC4254 #91BC42

square

#42BCAA #6D42BC #BC4254 #91BC42

split-complementary

#42BCAA #BC4291 #BC6D42

monochromatic

#226158 #328F81 #42BCAA #6FCCBF #9CDCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42BCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#42BCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCAA

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCAA	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.110 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c3',
    500: '#42bcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcaa;
$custom-light: #85d1c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.148,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCAA

secondary

#C99199

accent

#5064D8

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCAA

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

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