#42E3EB#42E3EB

#42E3EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.129 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42E3EB
RGBrgb(66, 227, 235)
HSLhsl(183, 81%, 59%)
HSVhsv(183, 72%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(71.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LABlab(82.96, -37.71, -15.82)
CIE-LCHlch(82.96, 40.90, 202.76°)
OKLaboklab(83.88% -0.1208 -0.0439)
OKLCHoklch(83.88% 0.129 200)
XYZxyz(44.7045, 62.0892, 88.2095)
Luminance0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42E3EB #EB4A42
analogous
#42EB9F #42E3EB #428FEB
triadic
#42E3EB #EB42E3 #E3EB42
tetradic
#42E3EB #9F42EB #EB4A42 #8FEB42
square
#42E3EB #9F42EB #EB4A42 #8FEB42
split-complementary
#42E3EB #EB428F #EB9F42
monochromatic
#119BA2 #17D0D9 #42E3EB #79EBF1 #B1F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56
#42E3EB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42
#42E3EB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E3EB
13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42E3EB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42E3EB1.001.5613.4213.42
#FFFFFF1.561.0021.0021.00
#00000013.4221.001.001.00
##00000013.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2D9EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BAC7EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00EBE5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42e3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 227, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.129 200.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fecf1',
    500: '#42e3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42e3eb;
$custom-light: #8fecf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42e3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.84,
    "s": 80.861,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83881,
    "c": 0.12857,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.62095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42E3EB
secondary
#A4332D
accent
#3A31F7
background
#FCFFFF
surface
#F5FEFE
border
#CFD6D6
text
#0E1616
muted
#7F8585

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#42E3EB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva