#42BDCA#42BDCA

#42BDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42BDCA
RGB	rgb(66, 189, 202)
HSL	hsl(186, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 6.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -29.35, -16.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 33.66, 209.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% -0.0973 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.108 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1004, 41.8142, 62.2975)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42BDCA #CA4F42

analogous

#42CA93 #42BDCA #4279CA

triadic

#42BDCA #CA42BD #BDCA42

tetradic

#42BDCA #9342CA #CA4F42 #79CA42

square

#42BDCA #9342CA #CA4F42 #79CA42

split-complementary

#42BDCA #CA4279 #CA9342

monochromatic

#206A72 #2D96A2 #42BDCA #72CED7 #A2DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42BDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#42BDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42BDCA

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42BDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42BDCA	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42bdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 189, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1da',
    500: '#42bdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42bdca;
$custom-light: #88d1da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42bdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.735,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73651,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42BDCA

secondary

#D19C96

accent

#5748DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #42BDCA

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

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