#42BCAE#42BCAE

#42BCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.109 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCAE
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -36.78, -2.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 36.89, 184.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.1084 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.109 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8664, 40.1776, 46.3226)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCAE #BC4250

analogous

#42BC71 #42BCAE #428DBC

triadic

#42BCAE #AE42BC #BCAE42

tetradic

#42BCAE #7142BC #BC4250 #8DBC42

square

#42BCAE #7142BC #BC4250 #8DBC42

split-complementary

#42BCAE #BC428D #BC7142

monochromatic

#22615A #328F84 #42BCAE #6FCCC2 #9CDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42BCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCAE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCAE	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.109 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d1c6',
    500: '#42bcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcae;
$custom-light: #85d1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.115,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.10875,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCAE

secondary

#C99198

accent

#5060D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCAE

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

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