#42E2D5#42E2D5

#42E2D5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.130 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2D5
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 213)
HSL	hsl(175, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(175, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 5.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -43.37, -5.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 43.73, 187.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.1292 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.13 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4477, 60.3502, 72.4022)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2D5 #E2424F

analogous

#42E285 #42E2D5 #429FE2

triadic

#42E2D5 #D542E2 #E2D542

tetradic

#42E2D5 #8542E2 #E2424F #9FE242

square

#42E2D5 #8542E2 #E2424F #9FE242

split-complementary

#42E2D5 #E2429F #E28542

monochromatic

#179389 #1FC8BA #42E2D5 #77EAE1 #ACF2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#42E2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#42E2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2D5

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2D5	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D6D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E7DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.130 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dece1',
    500: '#42e2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2d5;
$custom-light: #8dece1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82911,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2D5

secondary

#983139

accent

#3847F0

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2D5

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

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