#42DEDC#42DEDC

#42DEDC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.126 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DEDC
RGBrgb(66, 222, 220)
HSLhsl(179, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(179, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.3%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.05, -39.67, -10.72)
CIE-LCHlch(81.05, 41.10, 195.12°)
OKLaboklab(82.18% -0.1223 -0.0298)
OKLCHoklch(82.18% 0.126 193.7)
XYZxyz(41.2804, 58.5632, 76.8245)
Luminance0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DEDC #DE4244
analogous
#42DE8E #42DEDC #4292DE
triadic
#42DEDC #DC42DE #DEDC42
tetradic
#42DEDC #8E42DE #DE4244 #92DE42
square
#42DEDC #8E42DE #DE4244 #92DE42
split-complementary
#42DEDC #DE4292 #DE8E42
monochromatic
#198D8B #22C1BF #42DEDC #76E7E6 #AAF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65
#42DEDC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71
#42DEDC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEDC
12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DEDC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DEDC1.001.6512.7112.71
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7121.001.001.00
##00000012.7121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0D3DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9C2DD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E5DD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.126 193.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9e6',
    500: '#42dedc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dedc;
$custom-light: #8de9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82183,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DEDC
secondary
#923233
accent
#3B3DED
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FDFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

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