#42BCB4#42BCB4

#42BCB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.107 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCB4
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 180)
HSL	hsl(176, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.77, -35.16, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.77, 35.65, 189.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1057 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.107 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4645, 40.4168, 49.4723)
Luminance	0.4042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCB4 #BC424A

analogous

#42BC77 #42BCB4 #4287BC

triadic

#42BCB4 #B442BC #BCB442

tetradic

#42BCB4 #7742BC #BC424A #87BC42

square

#42BCB4 #7742BC #BC424A #87BC42

split-complementary

#42BCB4 #BC4287 #BC7742

monochromatic

#22615D #328F89 #42BCB4 #6FCCC6 #9CDCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BCB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#42BCB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCB4

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCB4	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.107 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0ca',
    500: '#42bcb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcb4;
$custom-light: #86d0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.066,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72635,
    "c": 0.10703,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCB4

secondary

#C99195

accent

#5059D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCB4

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

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