#42CEE1#42CEE1

#42CEE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CEE1
RGBrgb(66, 206, 225)
HSLhsl(187, 73%, 57%)
HSVhsv(187, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.52, -30.75, -20.21)
CIE-LCHlch(76.52, 36.80, 213.32°)
OKLaboklab(78.56% -0.1047 -0.0562)
OKLCHoklch(78.56% 0.119 208.2)
XYZxyz(37.9028, 50.7327, 79.0143)
Luminance0.5074 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CEE1 #E15542
analogous
#42E1A5 #42CEE1 #427EE1
triadic
#42CEE1 #E142CE #CEE142
tetradic
#42CEE1 #A542E1 #E15542 #7EE142
square
#42CEE1 #A542E1 #E15542 #7EE142
split-complementary
#42CEE1 #E1427E #E1A542
monochromatic
#178392 #1FB2C6 #42CEE1 #77DCE9 #ACE9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#42CEE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15
#42CEE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEE1
11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CEE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CEE11.001.8811.1511.15
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1521.001.001.00
##00000011.1521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCC6E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6B6E1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7D4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cee1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 208.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cddea',
    500: '#42cee1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cee1;
$custom-light: #8cddea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cee1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.17,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78564,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CEE1
secondary
#963D31
accent
#4E38EF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1516
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#42CEE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva