#42BCBC#42BCBC

#42BCBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BCBC
RGB	rgb(66, 188, 188)
HSL	hsl(180, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 0%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -32.92, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 34.39, 196.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1022 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.106 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3030, 40.7523, 53.8888)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BCBC #BC4242

analogous

#42BC7F #42BCBC #427FBC

triadic

#42BCBC #BC42BC #BCBC42

tetradic

#42BCBC #7F42BC #BC4242 #7FBC42

square

#42BCBC #7F42BC #BC4242 #7FBC42

split-complementary

#42BCBC #BC427F #BC7F42

monochromatic

#226161 #328F8F #42BCBC #6FCCCC #9CDCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42BCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#42BCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BCBC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BCBC	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 188, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d0d0',
    500: '#42bcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bcbc;
$custom-light: #86d0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BCBC

secondary

#C99191

accent

#5050D8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0C1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BCBC

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

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