#42DFE2#42DFE2

#42DFE2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.126 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFE2
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 226)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -38.44, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 40.65, 198.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.1208 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.126 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3557, 59.4196, 81.1736)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFE2 #E24542

analogous

#42E295 #42DFE2 #428FE2

triadic

#42DFE2 #E242DF #DFE242

tetradic

#42DFE2 #9542E2 #E24542 #8FE242

square

#42DFE2 #9542E2 #E24542 #8FE242

split-complementary

#42DFE2 #E2428F #E29542

monochromatic

#179193 #1FC5C8 #42DFE2 #77E8EA #ACF1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42DFE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#42DFE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFE2

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFE2	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D5E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C3E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfe2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.126 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee9eb',
    500: '#42dfe2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfe2;
$custom-light: #8ee9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfe2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82624,
    "c": 0.12621,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFE2

secondary

#983331

accent

#3B38F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFE2

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

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