#42E2E7#42E2E7

#42E2E7 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.128 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2E7
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 231)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 2.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -38.40, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 40.98, 200.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.1215 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.128 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.8604, 61.3152, 85.1092)
Luminance	0.6132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2E7 #E74742

analogous

#42E799 #42E2E7 #428FE7

triadic

#42E2E7 #E742E2 #E2E742

tetradic

#42E2E7 #9942E7 #E74742 #8FE742

square

#42E2E7 #9942E7 #E74742 #8FE742

split-complementary

#42E2E7 #E7428F #E79942

monochromatic

#14979B #1BCCD1 #42E2E7 #78EAEE #AFF3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E2E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#42E2E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2E7

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2E7	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2D8E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC6E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.128 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8febee',
    500: '#42e2e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2e7;
$custom-light: #8febee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.818,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83506,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2E7

secondary

#9E322F

accent

#3A34F4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2E7

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

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