#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
RGBrgb(66, 221, 153)
HSLhsl(154, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(154, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.14, -55.66, 22.00)
CIE-LCHlch(79.14, 59.85, 158.43°)
OKLaboklab(80.08% -0.1515 0.0558)
OKLCHoklch(80.08% 0.161 159.8)
XYZxyz(33.8496, 55.1672, 38.9952)
Luminance0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42DD991.001.7512.0312.03
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0321.001.001.00
##00000012.0321.001.001.00

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

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#42DD99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva