#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
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 155)
HSL	hsl(154, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 29.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -55.25, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 59.11, 159.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1506 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.16 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0161, 55.2338, 39.8725)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DD9B	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42DD9B

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

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