#42CABA#42CABA

#42CABA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.118 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CABA
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 7.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -39.93, -2.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 40.02, 183.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.1174 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.118 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2260, 46.9408, 53.8069)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CABA #CA4252

analogous

#42CA76 #42CABA #4296CA

triadic

#42CABA #BA42CA #CABA42

tetradic

#42CABA #7642CA #CA4252 #96CA42

square

#42CABA #7642CA #CA4252 #96CA42

split-complementary

#42CABA #CA4296 #CA7642

monochromatic

#207268 #2DA294 #42CABA #72D7CB #A2E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#42CABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CABA

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CABA	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42caba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.118 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbce',
    500: '#42caba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42caba;
$custom-light: #88dbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42caba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76256,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CABA

secondary

#D1969D

accent

#485ADF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CABA

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

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