#42BCAC#42BCAC

#42BCAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCAC
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 172)
HSL	hsl(172, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -37.32, -1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 37.36, 182.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.1093 -0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.109 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6729, 40.1002, 45.3034)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCAC #BC4252

analogous

#42BC6F #42BCAC #428FBC

triadic

#42BCAC #AC42BC #BCAC42

tetradic

#42BCAC #6F42BC #BC4252 #8FBC42

square

#42BCAC #6F42BC #BC4252 #8FBC42

split-complementary

#42BCAC #BC428F #BC6F42

monochromatic

#226159 #328F83 #42BCAC #6FCCC0 #9CDCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#42BCAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#42BCAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCAC

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCAC	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c4',
    500: '#42bcac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcac;
$custom-light: #85d1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.131,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72378,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCAC

secondary

#C99199

accent

#5062D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCAC

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

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