#42CABE#42CABE

#42CABE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.116 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CABE
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 190)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 5.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -38.86, -4.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 39.14, 186.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.1156 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.116 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6572, 47.1133, 56.0779)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CABE #CA424E

analogous

#42CA7A #42CABE #4292CA

triadic

#42CABE #BE42CA #CABE42

tetradic

#42CABE #7A42CA #CA424E #92CA42

square

#42CABE #7A42CA #CA424E #92CA42

split-complementary

#42CABE #CA4292 #CA7A42

monochromatic

#20726A #2DA297 #42CABE #72D7CE #A2E5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#42CABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#42CABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CABE

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CABE	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cabe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.116 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dbd1',
    500: '#42cabe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cabe;
$custom-light: #88dbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cabe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76382,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CABE

secondary

#D1969C

accent

#4856DF

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CABE

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

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