#42E5CD#42E5CD

#42E5CD is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.136 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E5CD
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 205)
HSL	hsl(171, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(171, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -46.78, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 46.78, 180.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.1357 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.136 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2801, 61.5998, 67.4601)
Luminance	0.6160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E5CD #E5425A

analogous

#42E57C #42E5CD #42ABE5

triadic

#42E5CD #CD42E5 #E5CD42

tetradic

#42E5CD #7C42E5 #E5425A #ABE542

square

#42E5CD #7C42E5 #E5425A #ABE542

split-complementary

#42E5CD #E542AB #E57C42

monochromatic

#159884 #1CCEB3 #42E5CD #78ECDB #AEF4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#42E5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E5CD

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E5CD	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)

#DBD7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.136 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deedc',
    500: '#42e5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e5cd;
$custom-light: #8deedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.166,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83388,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E5CD

secondary

#9C3040

accent

#3551F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFB

border

#CFD6D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E5CD

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

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