Palettes / Colors / #42EEF5

#42EEF5 — Vivid Teal

#42EEF5 is a teal color we call Vivid Teal, closest to the named color Turquoise (#40E0D0). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: turquoise (#40E0D0) — not an exact match. CSS turquoise gives you #40E0D0, a different color; use #42EEF5 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#42EEF5 is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #F54842; it also sits naturally between #42F5A2 and #4296F5. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 26% · Green 93% · Blue 96%

Cyan 73% · Magenta 3% · Yellow 0% · Key 4%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #42EEF5

.text { color: #42EEF5; }
.background { background-color: #42EEF5; }
.border { border: 3px solid #42EEF5; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(66, 238, 245); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(182, 90%, 61%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #42EEF5; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(66, 238, 245, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #42EEF5; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(66, 238, 245, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#42EEF5">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#42EEF5">Div content here</div>

Shades of #42EEF5

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #F54842:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #42EEF5: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #42EEF5

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #42EEF5 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #42EEF5 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #42EEF4  ·  #42EEF6 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #42EEF5?

#42EEF5 is Vivid Teal, a teal color (RGB 66, 238, 245). Its closest standard named color is Turquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #42EEF5?

#42EEF5 is RGB 66, 238, 245 — HSL 182°, 90%, 61% — CMYK 73%, 3%, 0%, 4%.

What colors go with #42EEF5?

Its complement is #F54842; analogous partners are #42F5A2 and #4296F5. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #42EEF5 for text?

Black text on #42EEF5 has a contrast ratio of 14.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.42:1.