#42E2EB#42E2EB

#42E2EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.128 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E2EB
RGB	rgb(66, 226, 235)
HSL	hsl(183, 81%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -37.25, -16.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 40.65, 203.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.1199 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.128 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4318, 61.5438, 88.1186)
Luminance	0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E2EB #EB4B42

analogous

#42EBA0 #42E2EB #428EEB

triadic

#42E2EB #EB42E2 #E2EB42

tetradic

#42E2EB #A042EB #EB4B42 #8EEB42

square

#42E2EB #A042EB #EB4B42 #8EEB42

split-complementary

#42E2EB #EB428E #EBA042

monochromatic

#119AA2 #17CFD9 #42E2EB #79EAF1 #B1F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#42E2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E2EB

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E2EB	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1D8EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 226, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.128 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8febf1',
    500: '#42e2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e2eb;
$custom-light: #8febf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.195,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83646,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E2EB

secondary

#A4342D

accent

#3B31F7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E2EB

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

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