#42DDE0#42DDE0

#42DDE0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.125 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDE0
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 224)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -38.09, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 40.29, 198.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.1197 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.125 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5517, 58.2480, 79.5596)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDE0 #E04542

analogous

#42E094 #42DDE0 #428EE0

triadic

#42DDE0 #E042DD #DDE042

tetradic

#42DDE0 #9442E0 #E04542 #8EE042

square

#42DDE0 #9442E0 #E04542 #8EE042

split-complementary

#42DDE0 #E0428E #E09442

monochromatic

#188E90 #20C1C5 #42DDE0 #77E6E9 #ABF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42DDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#42DDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDE0

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDE0	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.125 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8e9',
    500: '#42dde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dde0;
$custom-light: #8de8e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.139,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82081,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDE0

secondary

#953331

accent

#3D39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDE0

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

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