#42E2DF#42E2DF

#42E2DF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.128 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2DF
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 223)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -40.64, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 41.96, 194.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.1249 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.128 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7563, 60.8736, 79.2941)
Luminance	0.6088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2DF #E24245

analogous

#42E28F #42E2DF #4295E2

triadic

#42E2DF #DF42E2 #E2DF42

tetradic

#42E2DF #8F42E2 #E24245 #95E242

square

#42E2DF #8F42E2 #E24245 #95E242

split-complementary

#42E2DF #E24295 #E28F42

monochromatic

#179391 #1FC8C5 #42E2DF #77EAE8 #ACF2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E2DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#42E2DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2DF

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2DF	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.128 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebe8',
    500: '#42e2df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2df;
$custom-light: #8eebe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.875,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83235,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2DF

secondary

#983133

accent

#383BF0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2DF

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

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