#42E1EB#42E1EB

#42E1EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1EB
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 235)
HSL	hsl(184, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -36.79, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 40.40, 204.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.1189 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.128 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1607, 61.0016, 88.0282)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1EB #EB4C42

analogous

#42EBA1 #42E1EB #428DEB

triadic

#42E1EB #EB42E1 #E1EB42

tetradic

#42E1EB #A142EB #EB4C42 #8DEB42

square

#42E1EB #A142EB #EB4C42 #8DEB42

split-complementary

#42E1EB #EB428D #EBA142

monochromatic

#1199A2 #17CDD9 #42E1EB #79EAF1 #B1F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E1EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#42E1EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1EB

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1EB	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C5EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8febf1',
    500: '#42e1eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1eb;
$custom-light: #8febf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.55,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8341,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1EB

secondary

#A4342D

accent

#3C31F7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1EB

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

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