#42DFE1#42DFE1

#42DFE1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.126 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFE1
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 225)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.49, -38.72, -12.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.49, 40.76, 198.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.1212 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.126 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2189, 59.3648, 80.4530)
Luminance	0.5937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFE1 #E14442

analogous

#42E194 #42DFE1 #428FE1

triadic

#42DFE1 #E142DF #DFE142

tetradic

#42DFE1 #9442E1 #E14442 #8FE142

square

#42DFE1 #9442E1 #E14442 #8FE142

split-complementary

#42DFE1 #E1428F #E19442

monochromatic

#179092 #1FC4C6 #42DFE1 #77E8E9 #ACF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42DFE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#42DFE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFE1

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFE1	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfe1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.126 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee9ea',
    500: '#42dfe1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfe1;
$custom-light: #8ee9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfe1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.755,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFE1

secondary

#963231

accent

#3B38EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFE1

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

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