#42E2DE#42E2DE

#42E2DE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.128 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2DE
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 222)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -40.92, -9.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 42.11, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.1253 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.128 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6219, 60.8198, 78.5862)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2DE #E24246

analogous

#42E28E #42E2DE #4296E2

triadic

#42E2DE #DE42E2 #E2DE42

tetradic

#42E2DE #8E42E2 #E24246 #96E242

square

#42E2DE #8E42E2 #E24246 #96E242

split-complementary

#42E2DE #E24296 #E28E42

monochromatic

#179390 #1FC8C4 #42E2DE #77EAE7 #ACF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#42E2DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#42E2DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2DE

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2DE	1.00	1.60	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC5DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.128 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebe8',
    500: '#42e2de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2de;
$custom-light: #8eebe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83202,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2DE

secondary

#983133

accent

#383CF0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2DE

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

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