#42E8E2#42E8E2

#42E8E2 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.132 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42E8E2
RGB	rgb(66, 232, 226)
HSL	hsl(178, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 2.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.15, -42.50, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.15, 43.50, 192.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.1294 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.132 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.8245, 64.3571, 81.9965)
Luminance	0.6436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42E8E2 #E84248

analogous

#42E88F #42E8E2 #429BE8

triadic

#42E8E2 #E242E8 #E8E242

tetradic

#42E8E2 #8F42E8 #E84248 #9BE842

square

#42E8E2 #8F42E8 #E84248 #9BE842

split-complementary

#42E8E2 #E8429B #E88F42

monochromatic

#139D98 #1AD3CC #42E8E2 #79EFEA #AFF5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#42E8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#42E8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42E8E2

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42E8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42E8E2	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CBE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42e8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 232, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.132 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ff0eb',
    500: '#42e8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42e8e2;
$custom-light: #8ff0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42e8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.831,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84759,
    "c": 0.13195,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42E8E2

secondary

#A02F33

accent

#333AF5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8584

Preview Lab

Preview with #42E8E2

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

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