#42DBE0#42DBE0

#42DBE0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.124 H 198.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBE0
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 224)
HSL	hsl(182, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 2.2%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -37.17, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 39.72, 200.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.1177 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.124 198.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0268, 57.1983, 79.3847)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBE0 #E04742

analogous

#42E096 #42DBE0 #428CE0

triadic

#42DBE0 #E042DB #DBE042

tetradic

#42DBE0 #9642E0 #E04742 #8CE042

square

#42DBE0 #9642E0 #E04742 #8CE042

split-complementary

#42DBE0 #E0428C #E09642

monochromatic

#188C90 #20BFC5 #42DBE0 #77E5E9 #ABEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DBE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#42DBE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBE0

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBE0	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.124 198.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6e9',
    500: '#42dbe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbe0;
$custom-light: #8de6e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.899,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81606,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 198.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBE0

secondary

#953431

accent

#3F39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBE0

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

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