#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
RGBrgb(66, 226, 235)
HSLhsl(183, 81%, 59%)
HSVhsv(183, 72%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(82.67, -37.25, -16.26)
CIE-LCHlch(82.67, 40.65, 203.58°)
OKLaboklab(83.65% -0.1199 -0.0451)
OKLCHoklch(83.65% 0.128 200.6)
XYZxyz(44.4318, 61.5438, 88.1186)
Luminance0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##42E2EB1.001.5813.3113.31
#FFFFFF1.581.0021.0021.00
#00000013.3121.001.001.00
##00000013.3121.001.001.00

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

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#42E2EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva