#42E1EA#42E1EA

#42E1EA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1EA
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 234)
HSL	hsl(183, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.35, -37.08, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.35, 40.47, 203.62°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.1193 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.128 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0166, 60.9439, 87.2695)
Luminance	0.6095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1EA #EA4B42

analogous

#42EA9F #42E1EA #428DEA

triadic

#42E1EA #EA42E1 #E1EA42

tetradic

#42E1EA #9F42EA #EA4B42 #8DEA42

square

#42E1EA #9F42EA #EA4B42 #8DEA42

split-complementary

#42E1EA #EA428D #EA9F42

monochromatic

#1298A0 #18CDD7 #42E1EA #79EAF0 #B0F2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E1EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#42E1EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1EA

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1EA	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8febf0',
    500: '#42e1ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1ea;
$custom-light: #8febf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83375,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1EA

secondary

#A2342E

accent

#3C31F6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1EA

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

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