#42E2CE#42E2CE

#42E2CE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2CE
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 8.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.84, -45.23, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.84, 45.28, 182.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.1323 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.132 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5783, 60.0024, 67.8236)
Luminance	0.6001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2CE #E24256

analogous

#42E27E #42E2CE #42A6E2

triadic

#42E2CE #CE42E2 #E2CE42

tetradic

#42E2CE #7E42E2 #E24256 #A6E242

square

#42E2CE #7E42E2 #E24256 #A6E242

split-complementary

#42E2CE #E242A6 #E27E42

monochromatic

#179383 #1FC8B3 #42E2CE #77EADC #ACF2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#42E2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#42E2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2CE

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2CE	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C5D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8decdc',
    500: '#42e2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2ce;
$custom-light: #8decdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82695,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2CE

secondary

#98313E

accent

#384FF0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2CE

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

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