#42DD9B#42DD9B

#42DD9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.160 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DD9B
RGBrgb(66, 221, 155)
HSLhsl(154, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(154, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 29.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.18, -55.25, 21.01)
CIE-LCHlch(79.18, 59.11, 159.18°)
OKLaboklab(80.13% -0.1506 0.0533)
OKLCHoklch(80.13% 0.16 160.5)
XYZxyz(34.0161, 55.2338, 39.8725)
Luminance0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DD9B #DD4284
analogous
#42DD4E #42DD9B #42D1DD
triadic
#42DD9B #9B42DD #DD9B42
tetradic
#42DD9B #4E42DD #DD4284 #D1DD42
square
#42DD9B #4E42DD #DD4284 #D1DD42
split-complementary
#42DD9B #DD42D1 #DD4E42
monochromatic
#198C5B #22BF7D #42DD9B #76E6B6 #AAF0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#42DD9B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05
#42DD9B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD9B
12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DD9B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DD9B1.001.7412.0512.05
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0521.001.001.00
##00000012.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DACD97
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6BE9F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dd9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.160 160.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8b8',
    500: '#42dd9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dd9b;
$custom-light: #8ae8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dd9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80129,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DD9B
secondary
#91325B
accent
#3B87EC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#42DD9B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva