#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
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 225)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 1.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -37.81, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 40.18, 199.78°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.1192 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.125 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6877, 58.3025, 80.2760)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42DDE1	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42DDE1

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

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