#42E1E2#42E1E2

#42E1E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.127 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1E2
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 226)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -39.35, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 41.24, 197.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.1227 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.127 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8932, 60.4946, 81.3528)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1E2 #E24342

analogous

#42E293 #42E1E2 #4291E2

triadic

#42E1E2 #E242E1 #E1E242

tetradic

#42E1E2 #9342E2 #E24342 #91E242

square

#42E1E2 #9342E2 #E24342 #91E242

split-complementary

#42E1E2 #E24291 #E29342

monochromatic

#179293 #1FC7C8 #42E1E2 #77E9EA #ACF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E1E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#42E1E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1E2

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1E2	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.127 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebeb',
    500: '#42e1e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1e2;
$custom-light: #8eebeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83098,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1E2

secondary

#983131

accent

#3938F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1E2

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

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