#42DCE2#42DCE2

#42DCE2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCE2
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 226)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -37.06, -14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 39.81, 201.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1179 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.125 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5613, 57.8307, 80.9088)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCE2 #E24842

analogous

#42E298 #42DCE2 #428CE2

triadic

#42DCE2 #E242DC #DCE242

tetradic

#42DCE2 #9842E2 #E24842 #8CE242

square

#42DCE2 #9842E2 #E24842 #8CE242

split-complementary

#42DCE2 #E2428C #E29842

monochromatic

#178E93 #1FC2C8 #42DCE2 #77E6EA #ACF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DCE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#42DCE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCE2

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCE2	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C1E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7eb',
    500: '#42dce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dce2;
$custom-light: #8de7eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.25,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCE2

secondary

#983531

accent

#3F38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCE2

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

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