#42DD99#42DD99

#42DD99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.161 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD99
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(154, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -55.66, 22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 59.85, 158.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.1515 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.161 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8496, 55.1672, 38.9952)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD99 #DD4286

analogous

#42DD4C #42DD99 #42D4DD

triadic

#42DD99 #9942DD #DD9942

tetradic

#42DD99 #4C42DD #DD4286 #D4DD42

square

#42DD99 #4C42DD #DD4286 #D4DD42

split-complementary

#42DD99 #DD42D4 #DD4C42

monochromatic

#198C59 #22BF7B #42DD99 #76E6B5 #AAF0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#42DD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD99

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD99	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.161 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8b7',
    500: '#42dd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd99;
$custom-light: #8ae8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.677,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80085,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD99

secondary

#91325C

accent

#3B89EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD99

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

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