#42DBE4#42DBE4

#42DBE4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.124 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBE4
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 228)
HSL	hsl(183, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -36.03, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 39.39, 203.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1161 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.124 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5756, 57.4178, 82.2753)
Luminance	0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBE4 #E44B42

analogous

#42E49C #42DBE4 #428AE4

triadic

#42DBE4 #E442DB #DBE442

tetradic

#42DBE4 #9C42E4 #E44B42 #8AE442

square

#42DBE4 #9C42E4 #E44B42 #8AE442

split-complementary

#42DBE4 #E4428A #E49C42

monochromatic

#158F96 #1DC2CC #42DBE4 #78E5EC #ADEFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DBE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#42DBE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBE4

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBE4	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD1E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbe4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.124 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee6ec',
    500: '#42dbe4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbe4;
$custom-light: #8ee6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbe4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81746,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBE4

secondary

#9A3630

accent

#4136F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBE4

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

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