#42C1CA#42C1CA

#42C1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C1CA
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -31.28, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 34.56, 205.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.1013 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9727, 43.5588, 62.5883)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C1CA #CA4B42

analogous

#42CA8F #42C1CA #427DCA

triadic

#42C1CA #CA42C1 #C1CA42

tetradic

#42C1CA #8F42CA #CA4B42 #7DCA42

square

#42C1CA #8F42CA #CA4B42 #7DCA42

split-complementary

#42C1CA #CA427D #CA8F42

monochromatic

#206C72 #2D9AA2 #42C1CA #72D1D7 #A2E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#42C1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C1CA

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C1CA	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B9CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d4da',
    500: '#42c1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c1ca;
$custom-light: #88d4da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.971,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74612,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C1CA

secondary

#D19A96

accent

#5248DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C1CA

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

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