#42E1ED#42E1ED

#42E1ED is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.128 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1ED
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 237)
HSL	hsl(184, 83%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 5.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -36.21, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 40.29, 206.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.1181 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.128 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4513, 61.1178, 89.5585)
Luminance	0.6112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1ED #ED4E42

analogous

#42EDA4 #42E1ED #428BED

triadic

#42E1ED #ED42E1 #E1ED42

tetradic

#42E1ED #A442ED #ED4E42 #8BED42

square

#42E1ED #A442ED #ED4E42 #8BED42

split-complementary

#42E1ED #ED428B #EDA442

monochromatic

#109AA5 #15CFDD #42E1ED #7AEAF2 #B2F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E1ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#42E1ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1ED

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1ED	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.128 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8febf2',
    500: '#42e1ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1ed;
$custom-light: #8febf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83481,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1ED

secondary

#A7352D

accent

#3D2FF9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1ED

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

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