#42CACC#42CACC

#42CACC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.114 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CACC
RGBrgb(66, 202, 204)
HSLhsl(181, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(181, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(74.67, -34.98, -11.66)
CIE-LCHlch(74.67, 36.87, 198.44°)
OKLaboklab(76.85% -0.1095 -0.0324)
OKLCHoklch(76.85% 0.114 196.5)
XYZxyz(34.2615, 47.7550, 64.5270)
Luminance0.4776 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CACC #CC4442
analogous
#42CC89 #42CACC #4285CC
triadic
#42CACC #CC42CA #CACC42
tetradic
#42CACC #8942CC #CC4442 #85CC42
square
#42CACC #8942CC #CC4442 #85CC42
split-complementary
#42CACC #CC4285 #CC8942
monochromatic
#1F7374 #2CA3A4 #42CACC #72D8D9 #A2E5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#42CACC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55
#42CACC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CACC
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CACC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CACC1.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC1CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A8B1CD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D1CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.114 196.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dadb',
    500: '#42cacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cacc;
$custom-light: #89dadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76849,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CACC
secondary
#D39897
accent
#4947E1
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F1FBFB
border
#CBD4D4
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CACC

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#42CACC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva