#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
RGBrgb(66, 193, 202)
HSLhsl(184, 56%, 53%)
HSVhsv(184, 67%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 4.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(71.93, -31.28, -14.69)
CIE-LCHlch(71.93, 34.56, 205.15°)
OKLaboklab(74.61% -0.1013 -0.0407)
OKLCHoklch(74.61% 0.109 201.9)
XYZxyz(31.9727, 43.5588, 62.5883)
Luminance0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42C1CA1.002.169.719.71
#FFFFFF2.161.0021.0021.00
#0000009.7121.001.001.00
##0000009.7121.001.001.00

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

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#42C1CA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva