#42CAE4#42CAE4

#42CAE4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CAE4
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 228)
HSL	hsl(190, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 11.4%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, -27.90, -23.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 36.45, 220.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0997 -0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.119 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3649, 48.9964, 80.8717)
Luminance	0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CAE4 #E45C42

analogous

#42E4AD #42CAE4 #4279E4

triadic

#42CAE4 #E442CA #CAE442

tetradic

#42CAE4 #AD42E4 #E45C42 #79E442

square

#42CAE4 #AD42E4 #E45C42 #79E442

split-complementary

#42CAE4 #E44279 #E4AD42

monochromatic

#158196 #1DB0CC #42CAE4 #78D9EC #ADE8F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42CAE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#42CAE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CAE4

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CAE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CAE4	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdaec',
    500: '#42cae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cae4;
$custom-light: #8cdaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.63,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.11917,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CAE4

secondary

#E2ABA0

accent

#5436F2

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CAE4

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

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