#42DD97#42DD97

#42DD97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.163 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD97
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(153, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 31.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -56.07, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 60.60, 157.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1525 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.163 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6858, 55.1017, 38.1325)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD97 #DD4288

analogous

#42DD4A #42DD97 #42D6DD

triadic

#42DD97 #9742DD #DD9742

tetradic

#42DD97 #4A42DD #DD4288 #D6DD42

square

#42DD97 #4A42DD #DD4288 #D6DD42

split-complementary

#42DD97 #DD42D6 #DD4A42

monochromatic

#198C58 #22BF78 #42DD97 #76E6B4 #AAF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#42DD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD97

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD97	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.163 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9b6',
    500: '#42dd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd97;
$custom-light: #8ae9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.903,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80042,
    "c": 0.16319,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD97

secondary

#91325D

accent

#3B8BEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD97

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

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