#42BACA#42BACA

#42BACA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.106 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BACA
RGB	rgb(66, 186, 202)
HSL	hsl(187, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -27.87, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 33.09, 212.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0943 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.106 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4618, 40.5369, 62.0847)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BACA #CA5242

analogous

#42CA96 #42BACA #4276CA

triadic

#42BACA #CA42BA #BACA42

tetradic

#42BACA #9642CA #CA5242 #76CA42

square

#42BACA #9642CA #CA5242 #76CA42

split-complementary

#42BACA #CA4276 #CA9642

monochromatic

#206872 #2D94A2 #42BACA #72CBD7 #A2DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#42BACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#42BACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BACA

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BACA	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42baca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 186, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.106 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cfda',
    500: '#42baca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42baca;
$custom-light: #87cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42baca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72931,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BACA

secondary

#D19D96

accent

#5A48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BACA

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

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