#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
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 220)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 0.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -39.67, -10.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 41.10, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.1223 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.126 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2804, 58.5632, 76.8245)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42DEDC	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42DEDC

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

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