#42D7E1#42D7E1

#42D7E1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.122 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7E1
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -35.03, -16.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 38.61, 204.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1135 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.122 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1318, 55.1906, 79.7573)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7E1 #E14C42

analogous

#42E19C #42D7E1 #4287E1

triadic

#42D7E1 #E142D7 #D7E142

tetradic

#42D7E1 #9C42E1 #E14C42 #87E142

square

#42D7E1 #9C42E1 #E14C42 #87E142

split-complementary

#42D7E1 #E14287 #E19C42

monochromatic

#178A92 #1FBCC6 #42D7E1 #77E2E9 #ACEDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42D7E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#42D7E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7E1

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7E1	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.122 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de4ea',
    500: '#42d7e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7e1;
$custom-light: #8de4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.774,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80693,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7E1

secondary

#963731

accent

#4438EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7E1

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

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