#42DFE8#42DFE8

#42DFE8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.126 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DFE8
RGBrgb(66, 223, 232)
HSLhsl(183, 78%, 58%)
HSVhsv(183, 72%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(71.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.70, -36.73, -16.12)
CIE-LCHlch(81.70, 40.11, 203.70°)
OKLaboklab(82.83% -0.1183 -0.0448)
OKLCHoklch(82.83% 0.126 200.7)
XYZxyz(43.1934, 59.7547, 85.5856)
Luminance0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DFE8 #E84B42
analogous
#42E89E #42DFE8 #428CE8
triadic
#42DFE8 #E842DF #DFE842
tetradic
#42DFE8 #9E42E8 #E84B42 #8CE842
square
#42DFE8 #9E42E8 #E84B42 #8CE842
split-complementary
#42DFE8 #E8428C #E89E42
monochromatic
#13959D #1AC9D3 #42DFE8 #79E8EF #AFF1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62
#42DFE8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95
#42DFE8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFE8
12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DFE8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DFE81.001.6212.9512.95
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9521.001.001.00
##00000012.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CED5E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7C4E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00E7E1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dfe8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.126 200.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ee9ef',
    500: '#42dfe8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dfe8;
$custom-light: #8ee9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dfe8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.253,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82833,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DFE8
secondary
#A0352F
accent
#3E33F5
background
#FCFEFF
surface
#F5FDFE
border
#CFD5D6
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFE8

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#42DFE8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva