#42CADC#42CADC

#42CADC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.116 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CADC
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 8.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -30.31, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 36.07, 212.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.1029 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.116 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.2800, 48.5624, 75.1577)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CADC #DC5442

analogous

#42DCA1 #42CADC #427DDC

triadic

#42CADC #DC42CA #CADC42

tetradic

#42CADC #A142DC #DC5442 #7DDC42

square

#42CADC #A142DC #DC5442 #7DDC42

split-complementary

#42CADC #DC427D #DCA142

monochromatic

#1A7D8A #23ACBE #42CADC #76D8E6 #A9E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42CADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42CADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CADC

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CADC	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cadc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.116 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdae6',
    500: '#42cadc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cadc;
$custom-light: #8bdae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cadc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.013,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77428,
    "c": 0.11633,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CADC

secondary

#DDA59D

accent

#513CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0D1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CADC

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

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