#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
RGBrgb(66, 221, 150)
HSLhsl(153, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(153, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.08, -56.28, 23.48)
CIE-LCHlch(79.08, 60.98, 157.35°)
OKLaboklab(80.02% -0.1529 0.0594)
OKLCHoklch(80.02% 0.164 158.8)
XYZxyz(33.6049, 55.0693, 37.7066)
Luminance0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42DD961.001.7512.0112.01
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0121.001.001.00
##00000012.0121.001.001.00

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

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#42DD96 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva