#42DFE0#42DFE0

#42DFE0 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.126 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFE0
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 224)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.5%, 0.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, -39.01, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 40.88, 197.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.1216 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.126 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0829, 59.3104, 79.7367)
Luminance	0.5931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFE0 #E04342

analogous

#42E092 #42DFE0 #4290E0

triadic

#42DFE0 #E042DF #DFE042

tetradic

#42DFE0 #9242E0 #E04342 #90E042

square

#42DFE0 #9242E0 #E04342 #90E042

split-complementary

#42DFE0 #E04290 #E09242

monochromatic

#188F90 #20C4C5 #42DFE0 #77E8E9 #ABF1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42DFE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#42DFE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFE0

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFE0	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D4E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfe0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.126 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee9e9',
    500: '#42dfe0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfe0;
$custom-light: #8ee9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfe0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.38,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82555,
    "c": 0.12626,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFE0

secondary

#953231

accent

#3A39EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFE0

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

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