#42E3E1#42E3E1

#42E3E1 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.129 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E3E1
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 225)
HSL	hsl(179, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 0.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -40.54, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 42.00, 195.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.125 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.129 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3002, 61.5275, 80.8135)
Luminance	0.6153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E3E1 #E34244

analogous

#42E391 #42E3E1 #4294E3

triadic

#42E3E1 #E142E3 #E3E142

tetradic

#42E3E1 #9142E3 #E34244 #94E342

square

#42E3E1 #9142E3 #E34244 #94E342

split-complementary

#42E3E1 #E34294 #E39142

monochromatic

#169593 #1ECAC8 #42E3E1 #77EBE9 #ADF3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#42E3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3E1

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E3E1	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)

#D5D8E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.129 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eecea',
    500: '#42e3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e3e1;
$custom-light: #8eecea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.255,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83539,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E3E1

secondary

#993032

accent

#3739F1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E3E1

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

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