#42BCB2#42BCB2

#42BCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.108 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCB2
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(175, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -35.70, -4.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 36.03, 187.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.1066 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.108 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2622, 40.3359, 48.4070)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCB2 #BC424C

analogous

#42BC75 #42BCB2 #4289BC

triadic

#42BCB2 #B242BC #BCB242

tetradic

#42BCB2 #7542BC #BC424C #89BC42

square

#42BCB2 #7542BC #BC424C #89BC42

split-complementary

#42BCB2 #BC4289 #BC7542

monochromatic

#22615C #328F87 #42BCB2 #6FCCC5 #9CDCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#42BCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#42BCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCB2

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCB2	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A5B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.108 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0c9',
    500: '#42bcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcb2;
$custom-light: #86d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.082,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7257,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCB2

secondary

#C99196

accent

#505BD8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCB2

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

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