#42DD9C#42DD9C

#42DD9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.159 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD9C
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 156)
HSL	hsl(155, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 29.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -55.04, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 58.74, 159.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.1502 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.159 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1005, 55.2676, 40.3166)
Luminance	0.5527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD9C #DD4283

analogous

#42DD4F #42DD9C #42D1DD

triadic

#42DD9C #9C42DD #DD9C42

tetradic

#42DD9C #4F42DD #DD4283 #D1DD42

square

#42DD9C #4F42DD #DD4283 #D1DD42

split-complementary

#42DD9C #DD42D1 #DD4F42

monochromatic

#198C5C #22BF7E #42DD9C #76E6B7 #AAF0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#42DD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD9C

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD9C	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)

#DACD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.159 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8b9',
    500: '#42dd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd9c;
$custom-light: #8ae8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80151,
    "c": 0.15896,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD9C

secondary

#91325A

accent

#3B86EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD9C

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

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