#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
RGBrgb(66, 219, 228)
HSLhsl(183, 75%, 58%)
HSVhsv(183, 71%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(71.1%, 3.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(80.41, -36.03, -15.93)
CIE-LCHlch(80.41, 39.39, 203.86°)
OKLaboklab(81.75% -0.1161 -0.0442)
OKLCHoklch(81.75% 0.124 200.9)
XYZxyz(41.5756, 57.4178, 82.2753)
Luminance0.5742 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42DBE41.001.6812.4812.48
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4821.001.001.00
##00000012.4821.001.001.00

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

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#42DBE4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva