#42E2E2#42E2E2

#42E2E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.128 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2E2
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 226)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.8%, 0%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -39.81, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 41.55, 196.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.1236 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.128 195)
XYZ	xyz(43.1643, 61.0368, 81.4431)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2E2 #E24242

analogous

#42E292 #42E2E2 #4292E2

triadic

#42E2E2 #E242E2 #E2E242

tetradic

#42E2E2 #9242E2 #E24242 #92E242

square

#42E2E2 #9242E2 #E24242 #92E242

split-complementary

#42E2E2 #E24292 #E29242

monochromatic

#179393 #1FC8C8 #42E2E2 #77EAEA #ACF2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#42E2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#42E2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2E2

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2E2	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D7E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.128 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eebeb',
    500: '#42e2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2e2;
$custom-light: #8eebeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.394,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83335,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.61042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2E2

secondary

#983131

accent

#3838F0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2E2

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

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