#42BCB6#42BCB6

#42BCB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.107 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCB6
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -34.60, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 35.28, 191.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1049 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.107 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6697, 40.4989, 50.5530)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCB6 #BC4248

analogous

#42BC79 #42BCB6 #4285BC

triadic

#42BCB6 #B642BC #BCB642

tetradic

#42BCB6 #7942BC #BC4248 #85BC42

square

#42BCB6 #7942BC #BC4248 #85BC42

split-complementary

#42BCB6 #BC4285 #BC7942

monochromatic

#22615E #328F8A #42BCB6 #6FCCC8 #9CDCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BCB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#42BCB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCB6

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCB6	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.107 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0cb',
    500: '#42bcb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcb6;
$custom-light: #86d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72701,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCB6

secondary

#C99194

accent

#5057D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCB6

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

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