#42E2CB#42E2CB

#42E2CB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.134 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2CB
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 203)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 10.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -46.01, -0.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 46.02, 180.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.1336 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.134 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2174, 59.8580, 65.9225)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2CB #E24259

analogous

#42E27B #42E2CB #42A9E2

triadic

#42E2CB #CB42E2 #E2CB42

tetradic

#42E2CB #7B42E2 #E24259 #A9E242

square

#42E2CB #7B42E2 #E24259 #A9E242

split-complementary

#42E2CB #E242A9 #E27B42

monochromatic

#179381 #1FC8B0 #42E2CB #77EADA #ACF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E2CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#42E2CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2CB

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2CB	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.134 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cecda',
    500: '#42e2cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2cb;
$custom-light: #8cecda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.375,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82605,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2CB

secondary

#98313F

accent

#3852F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8583

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2CB

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

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