#42E3E2#42E3E2

#42E3E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.129 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E3E2
RGB	rgb(66, 227, 226)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.9%, 0%, 0.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -40.26, -11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 41.86, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.1246 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.129 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4370, 61.5822, 81.5340)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E3E2 #E34243

analogous

#42E391 #42E3E2 #4294E3

triadic

#42E3E2 #E242E3 #E3E242

tetradic

#42E3E2 #9142E3 #E34243 #94E342

square

#42E3E2 #9142E3 #E34243 #94E342

split-complementary

#42E3E2 #E34294 #E39142

monochromatic

#169594 #1ECAC9 #42E3E2 #77EBEA #ADF3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E3E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#42E3E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3E2

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E3E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E3E2	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D8E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e3e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.129 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eeceb',
    500: '#42e3e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e3e2;
$custom-light: #8eeceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e3e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.627,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83572,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E3E2

secondary

#993031

accent

#3738F1

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E3E2

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

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