#42DD96#42DD96

#42DD96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.164 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD96
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(153, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -56.28, 23.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 60.98, 157.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1529 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.164 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6049, 55.0693, 37.7066)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD96 #DD4289

analogous

#42DD49 #42DD96 #42D7DD

triadic

#42DD96 #9642DD #DD9642

tetradic

#42DD96 #4942DD #DD4289 #D7DD42

square

#42DD96 #4942DD #DD4289 #D7DD42

split-complementary

#42DD96 #DD42D7 #DD4942

monochromatic

#198C57 #22BF77 #42DD96 #76E6B3 #AAF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#42DD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD96

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD96	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.164 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9b5',
    500: '#42dd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd96;
$custom-light: #8ae9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.516,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8002,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD96

secondary

#91325E

accent

#3B8CEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD96

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

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