#42BCAF#42BCAF

#42BCAF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCAF
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -36.52, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 36.67, 185.24°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.108 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.108 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9643, 40.2168, 46.8380)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCAF #BC424F

analogous

#42BC72 #42BCAF #428CBC

triadic

#42BCAF #AF42BC #BCAF42

tetradic

#42BCAF #7242BC #BC424F #8CBC42

square

#42BCAF #7242BC #BC424F #8CBC42

split-complementary

#42BCAF #BC428C #BC7242

monochromatic

#22615B #328F85 #42BCAF #6FCCC2 #9CDCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#42BCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCAF

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCAF	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)

#B3B2AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A5B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 185.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72473,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCAF

secondary

#C99197

accent

#505FD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCAF

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

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