#42E1CA#42E1CA

#42E1CA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1CA
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 202)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 0%, 10.2%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -45.84, -0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 45.84, 180.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.1331 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.133 181)
XYZ	xyz(39.8275, 59.2683, 65.2066)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1CA #E14259

analogous

#42E17B #42E1CA #42A8E1

triadic

#42E1CA #CA42E1 #E1CA42

tetradic

#42E1CA #7B42E1 #E14259 #A8E142

square

#42E1CA #7B42E1 #E14259 #A8E142

split-complementary

#42E1CA #E142A8 #E17B42

monochromatic

#179280 #1FC6AE #42E1CA #77E9D9 #ACF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#42E1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#42E1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1CA

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1CA	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D4C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cebda',
    500: '#42e1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1ca;
$custom-light: #8cebda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.321,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82334,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.59273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1CA

secondary

#963140

accent

#3853EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1CA

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

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