#42C2CA#42C2CA

#42C2CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2CA
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -31.76, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 34.81, 204.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.1023 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.11 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1945, 44.0024, 62.6622)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2CA #CA4A42

analogous

#42CA8E #42C2CA #427ECA

triadic

#42C2CA #CA42C2 #C2CA42

tetradic

#42C2CA #8E42CA #CA4A42 #7ECA42

square

#42C2CA #8E42CA #CA4A42 #7ECA42

split-complementary

#42C2CA #CA427E #CA8E42

monochromatic

#206D72 #2D9BA2 #42C2CA #72D1D7 #A2E1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C2CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42C2CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2CA

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2CA	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ABCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d5da',
    500: '#42c2ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2ca;
$custom-light: #88d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74853,
    "c": 0.1097,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2CA

secondary

#D19A96

accent

#5148DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2CA

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

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