#42E1E4#42E1E4

#42E1E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.127 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1E4
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 228)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 1.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -38.79, -13.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 41.01, 198.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.1218 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.127 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1692, 60.6050, 82.8065)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1E4 #E44542

analogous

#42E496 #42E1E4 #4290E4

triadic

#42E1E4 #E442E1 #E1E442

tetradic

#42E1E4 #9642E4 #E44542 #90E442

square

#42E1E4 #9642E4 #E44542 #90E442

split-complementary

#42E1E4 #E44290 #E49642

monochromatic

#159496 #1DC8CC #42E1E4 #78EAEC #ADF2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E1E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#42E1E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1E4

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1E4	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.127 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebec',
    500: '#42e1e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1e4;
$custom-light: #8eebec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.111,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83166,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1E4

secondary

#9A3230

accent

#3A36F2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1E4

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

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