#42E1EE#42E1EE

#42E1EE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.128 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E1EE
RGB	rgb(66, 225, 238)
HSL	hsl(185, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 72%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 5.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -35.92, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 40.24, 206.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.1177 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.128 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5978, 61.1764, 90.3301)
Luminance	0.6118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E1EE #EE4F42

analogous

#42EEA5 #42E1EE #428BEE

triadic

#42E1EE #EE42E1 #E1EE42

tetradic

#42E1EE #A542EE #EE4F42 #8BEE42

square

#42E1EE #A542EE #EE4F42 #8BEE42

split-complementary

#42E1EE #EE428B #EEA542

monochromatic

#0F9BA7 #14CFDF #42E1EE #7AEAF3 #B2F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E1EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#42E1EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E1EE

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E1EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E1EE	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD7EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C6EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e1ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 225, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.128 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8febf3',
    500: '#42e1ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e1ee;
$custom-light: #8febf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e1ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.535,
    "s": 83.495,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83517,
    "c": 0.12804,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E1EE

secondary

#A8352C

accent

#3D2EFA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1617

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E1EE

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

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