#42E2DD#42E2DD

#42E2DD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2DD
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 221)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 2.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -41.20, -9.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 42.27, 192.94°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.1258 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.129 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4882, 60.7664, 77.8824)
Luminance	0.6077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2DD #E24247

analogous

#42E28D #42E2DD #4297E2

triadic

#42E2DD #DD42E2 #E2DD42

tetradic

#42E2DD #8D42E2 #E24247 #97E242

square

#42E2DD #8D42E2 #E24247 #97E242

split-complementary

#42E2DD #E24297 #E28D42

monochromatic

#17938F #1FC8C3 #42E2DD #77EAE7 #ACF2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#42E2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2DD

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2DD	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E8E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebe7',
    500: '#42e2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2dd;
$custom-light: #8eebe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83169,
    "c": 0.12851,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2DD

secondary

#983134

accent

#383DF0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2DD

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

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