#42CADA#42CADA

#42CADA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CADA
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -30.91, -18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 36.06, 211.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.1037 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.116 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0167, 48.4571, 73.7710)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CADA #DA5242

analogous

#42DA9E #42CADA #427EDA

triadic

#42CADA #DA42CA #CADA42

tetradic

#42CADA #9E42DA #DA5242 #7EDA42

square

#42CADA #9E42DA #DA5242 #7EDA42

split-complementary

#42CADA #DA427E #DA9E42

monochromatic

#1A7C87 #24ABBA #42CADA #75D8E4 #A8E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#42CADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CADA

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CADA	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdae5',
    500: '#42cada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cada;
$custom-light: #8bdae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77353,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CADA

secondary

#DBA39C

accent

#503EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CADA

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

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