#42DD9D#42DD9D

#42DD9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.158 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD9D
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 157)
HSL	hsl(155, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 29%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -54.83, 20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 58.37, 159.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.1497 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.158 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1855, 55.3016, 40.7644)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD9D #DD4282

analogous

#42DD50 #42DD9D #42D0DD

triadic

#42DD9D #9D42DD #DD9D42

tetradic

#42DD9D #5042DD #DD4282 #D0DD42

square

#42DD9D #5042DD #DD4282 #D0DD42

split-complementary

#42DD9D #DD42D0 #DD5042

monochromatic

#198C5C #22BF7F #42DD9D #76E6B8 #AAF0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DD9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#42DD9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD9D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD9D	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BEA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.158 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8ba',
    500: '#42dd9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd9d;
$custom-light: #8ae8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80174,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD9D

secondary

#913259

accent

#3B84EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD9D

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

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