#42CABC#42CABC

#42CABC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CABC
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 188)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(174, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 6.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -39.40, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 39.57, 185.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.1165 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.117 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4401, 47.0265, 54.9345)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CABC #CA4250

analogous

#42CA78 #42CABC #4294CA

triadic

#42CABC #BC42CA #CABC42

tetradic

#42CABC #7842CA #CA4250 #94CA42

square

#42CABC #7842CA #CA4250 #94CA42

split-complementary

#42CABC #CA4294 #CA7842

monochromatic

#207269 #2DA296 #42CABC #72D7CD #A2E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#42CABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CABC

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CABC	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cabc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbd0',
    500: '#42cabc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cabc;
$custom-light: #88dbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cabc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76319,
    "c": 0.117,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CABC

secondary

#D1969C

accent

#4858DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CABC

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

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