#42DD9A#42DD9A

#42DD9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.161 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD9A
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 154)
HSL	hsl(154, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 30.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -55.46, 21.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 59.48, 158.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1511 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.161 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.9325, 55.2004, 39.4320)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD9A #DD4285

analogous

#42DD4D #42DD9A #42D2DD

triadic

#42DD9A #9A42DD #DD9A42

tetradic

#42DD9A #4D42DD #DD4285 #D2DD42

square

#42DD9A #4D42DD #DD4285 #D2DD42

split-complementary

#42DD9A #DD42D2 #DD4D42

monochromatic

#198C5A #22BF7C #42DD9A #76E6B6 #AAF0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DD9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#42DD9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD9A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD9A	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.161 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8b8',
    500: '#42dd9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd9a;
$custom-light: #8ae8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.065,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80107,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD9A

secondary

#91325B

accent

#3B88EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD9A

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

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