#42E2DA#42E2DA

#42E2DA is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.129 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2DA
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 218)
HSL	hsl(177, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(177, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 3.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -42.02, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 42.77, 190.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.1271 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.129 190)
XYZ	xyz(42.0921, 60.6079, 75.7962)
Luminance	0.6061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2DA #E2424A

analogous

#42E28A #42E2DA #429AE2

triadic

#42E2DA #DA42E2 #E2DA42

tetradic

#42E2DA #8A42E2 #E2424A #9AE242

square

#42E2DA #8A42E2 #E2424A #9AE242

split-complementary

#42E2DA #E2429A #E28A42

monochromatic

#17938D #1FC8C0 #42E2DA #77EAE4 #ACF2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#42E2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2DA

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2DA	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.129 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dece5',
    500: '#42e2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2da;
$custom-light: #8dece5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83071,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.60613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2DA

secondary

#983136

accent

#3841F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2DA

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

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