#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
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -30.01, -20.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 36.09, 213.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.47% -0.1024 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(77.47% 0.117 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4128, 48.6155, 75.8573)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42CADD	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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