#42E1E7#42E1E7

#42E1E7 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.127 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1E7
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 231)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -37.94, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 40.71, 201.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.1206 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.127 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5893, 60.7730, 85.0189)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1E7 #E74842

analogous

#42E79A #42E1E7 #428EE7

triadic

#42E1E7 #E742E1 #E1E742

tetradic

#42E1E7 #9A42E7 #E74842 #8EE742

square

#42E1E7 #9A42E7 #E74842 #8EE742

split-complementary

#42E1E7 #E7428E #E79A42

monochromatic

#14969B #1BCBD1 #42E1E7 #78EAEE #AFF2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E1E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#42E1E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1E7

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1E7	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.127 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebee',
    500: '#42e1e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1e7;
$custom-light: #8eebee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.182,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8327,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1E7

secondary

#9E332F

accent

#3B34F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1E7

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

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