#42C8CA#42C8CA

#42C8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C8CA
RGB	rgb(66, 200, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 1%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.01, -34.61, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.01, 36.49, 198.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.1084 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.113 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5569, 46.7272, 63.1164)
Luminance	0.4673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C8CA #CA4442

analogous

#42CA88 #42C8CA #4284CA

triadic

#42C8CA #CA42C8 #C8CA42

tetradic

#42C8CA #8842CA #CA4442 #84CA42

square

#42C8CA #8842CA #CA4442 #84CA42

split-complementary

#42C8CA #CA4284 #CA8842

monochromatic

#207172 #2DA0A2 #42C8CA #72D6D7 #A2E4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42C8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#42C8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C8CA

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C8CA	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 200, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d9da',
    500: '#42c8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c8ca;
$custom-light: #89d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76298,
    "c": 0.11302,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C8CA

secondary

#D19796

accent

#4B48DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C8CA

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

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