#42C2DA#42C2DA

#42C2DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.114 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C2DA
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 218)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 11%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -27.00, -22.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 34.91, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0958 -0.0616)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.114 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1881, 44.7998, 73.1615)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C2DA #DA5A42

analogous

#42DAA6 #42C2DA #4276DA

triadic

#42C2DA #DA42C2 #C2DA42

tetradic

#42C2DA #A642DA #DA5A42 #76DA42

square

#42C2DA #A642DA #DA5A42 #76DA42

split-complementary

#42C2DA #DA4276 #DAA642

monochromatic

#1A7687 #24A3BA #42C2DA #75D3E4 #A8E3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#42C2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C2DA

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C2DA	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0BCDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AACDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.114 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4e5',
    500: '#42c2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c2da;
$custom-light: #8ad4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75456,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C2DA

secondary

#DBA69C

accent

#593EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F1FAFC

border

#CBD3D5

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C2DA

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

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