#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
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 232)
HSL	hsl(183, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -36.73, -16.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 40.11, 203.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.1183 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.126 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.1934, 59.7547, 85.5856)
Luminance	0.5976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42DFE8	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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