#42DDE1#42DDE1

#42DDE1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.125 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DDE1
RGBrgb(66, 221, 225)
HSLhsl(182, 73%, 57%)
HSVhsv(182, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(70.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(80.91, -37.81, -13.60)
CIE-LCHlch(80.91, 40.18, 199.78°)
OKLaboklab(82.12% -0.1192 -0.0378)
OKLCHoklch(82.12% 0.125 197.6)
XYZxyz(41.6877, 58.3025, 80.2760)
Luminance0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DDE1 #E14642
analogous
#42E195 #42DDE1 #428EE1
triadic
#42DDE1 #E142DD #DDE142
tetradic
#42DDE1 #9542E1 #E14642 #8EE142
square
#42DDE1 #9542E1 #E14642 #8EE142
split-complementary
#42DDE1 #E1428E #E19542
monochromatic
#178E92 #1FC2C6 #42DDE1 #77E7E9 #ACF0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66
#42DDE1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66
#42DDE1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDE1
12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DDE1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DDE11.001.6612.6612.66
#FFFFFF1.661.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6621.001.001.00
##00000012.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CED3E2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7C2E2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E5DE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.125 197.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8ea',
    500: '#42dde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dde1;
$custom-light: #8de8ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.509,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82115,
    "c": 0.12509,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DDE1
secondary
#963431
accent
#3D38EF
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFD
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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#42DDE1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva