#42DCE1#42DCE1

#42DCE1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCE1
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 225)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -37.35, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 39.90, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.1183 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.125 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4245, 57.7760, 80.1882)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCE1 #E14742

analogous

#42E197 #42DCE1 #428CE1

triadic

#42DCE1 #E142DC #DCE142

tetradic

#42DCE1 #9742E1 #E14742 #8CE142

square

#42DCE1 #9742E1 #E14742 #8CE142

split-complementary

#42DCE1 #E1428C #E19742

monochromatic

#178E92 #1FC1C6 #42DCE1 #77E6E9 #ACF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DCE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#42DCE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCE1

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCE1	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7ea',
    500: '#42dce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dce1;
$custom-light: #8de7ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.887,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81878,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCE1

secondary

#963431

accent

#3E38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCE1

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

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