#42CADD#42CADD

#42CADD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CADD
RGBrgb(66, 202, 221)
HSLhsl(187, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(187, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(75.21, -30.01, -20.04)
CIE-LCHlch(75.21, 36.09, 213.73°)
OKLaboklab(77.47% -0.1024 -0.0557)
OKLCHoklch(77.47% 0.117 208.5)
XYZxyz(36.4128, 48.6155, 75.8573)
Luminance0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CADD #DD5542
analogous
#42DDA3 #42CADD #427DDD
triadic
#42CADD #DD42CA #CADD42
tetradic
#42CADD #A342DD #DD5542 #7DDD42
square
#42CADD #A342DD #DD5542 #7DDD42
split-complementary
#42CADD #DD427D #DDA342
monochromatic
#197D8C #22ACBF #42CADD #76D9E6 #AAE7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#42CADD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72
#42CADD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CADD
10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CADD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CADD1.001.9610.7210.72
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7221.001.001.00
##00000010.7221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8C2DE
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2B2DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 208.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdae7',
    500: '#42cadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cadd;
$custom-light: #8bdae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77466,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CADD
secondary
#DDA59D
accent
#513BEC
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FBFC
border
#CCD4D5
text
#0D1516
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CADD

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