#42DEE0#42DEE0

#42DEE0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.126 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEE0
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 224)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -38.55, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 40.58, 198.20°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.1206 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.126 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8165, 58.7777, 79.6479)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEE0 #E04442

analogous

#42E093 #42DEE0 #428FE0

triadic

#42DEE0 #E042DE #DEE042

tetradic

#42DEE0 #9342E0 #E04442 #8FE042

square

#42DEE0 #9342E0 #E04442 #8FE042

split-complementary

#42DEE0 #E0428F #E09342

monochromatic

#188E90 #20C2C5 #42DEE0 #77E7E9 #ABF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#42DEE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#42DEE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEE0

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEE0	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C2E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.126 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de9e9',
    500: '#42dee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dee0;
$custom-light: #8de9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.759,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82318,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEE0

secondary

#953331

accent

#3C39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEE0

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

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