#42E0EA#42E0EA

#42E0EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E0EA
RGB	rgb(66, 224, 234)
HSL	hsl(184, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 4.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -36.62, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 40.22, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.1184 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.127 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7471, 60.4049, 87.1796)
Luminance	0.6041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E0EA #EA4C42

analogous

#42EAA0 #42E0EA #428CEA

triadic

#42E0EA #EA42E0 #E0EA42

tetradic

#42E0EA #A042EA #EA4C42 #8CEA42

square

#42E0EA #A042EA #EA4C42 #8CEA42

split-complementary

#42E0EA #EA428C #EAA042

monochromatic

#1297A0 #18CCD7 #42E0EA #79E9F0 #B0F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#42E0EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#42E0EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E0EA

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E0EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E0EA	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD6EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e0ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 224, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8feaf0',
    500: '#42e0ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e0ea;
$custom-light: #8feaf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e0ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83139,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E0EA

secondary

#A2352E

accent

#3D31F6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E0EA

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

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