#42E5CE#42E5CE

#42E5CE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E5CE
RGB	rgb(66, 229, 206)
HSL	hsl(172, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(172, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.2%, 0%, 10%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -46.52, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 46.53, 181.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.1352 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.135 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4012, 61.6482, 68.0979)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E5CE #E54259

analogous

#42E57D #42E5CE #42AAE5

triadic

#42E5CE #CE42E5 #E5CE42

tetradic

#42E5CE #7D42E5 #E54259 #AAE542

square

#42E5CE #7D42E5 #E54259 #AAE542

split-complementary

#42E5CE #E542AA #E57D42

monochromatic

#159885 #1CCEB5 #42E5CE #78ECDC #AEF4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#42E5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#42E5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E5CE

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E5CE	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBD8CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E9DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 229, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8deedc',
    500: '#42e5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e5ce;
$custom-light: #8deedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.534,
    "s": 75.814,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83418,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E5CE

secondary

#9C303F

accent

#3550F2

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E5CE

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

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