#42E2DC#42E2DC

#42E2DC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.129 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2DC
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 220)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -41.47, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 42.43, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.1262 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.129 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3554, 60.7132, 77.1828)
Luminance	0.6072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2DC #E24248

analogous

#42E28C #42E2DC #4298E2

triadic

#42E2DC #DC42E2 #E2DC42

tetradic

#42E2DC #8C42E2 #E24248 #98E242

square

#42E2DC #8C42E2 #E24248 #98E242

split-complementary

#42E2DC #E24298 #E28C42

monochromatic

#17938E #1FC8C2 #42E2DC #77EAE6 #ACF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E2DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#42E2DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2DC

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2DC	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.129 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebe6',
    500: '#42e2dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2dc;
$custom-light: #8eebe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.75,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83136,
    "c": 0.12866,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2DC

secondary

#983135

accent

#383FF0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2DC

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

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