#42DD9E#42DD9E

#42DD9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.157 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DD9E
RGBrgb(66, 221, 158)
HSLhsl(156, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(156, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 28.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.23, -54.62, 19.52)
CIE-LCHlch(79.23, 58.00, 160.33°)
OKLaboklab(80.2% -0.1493 0.0497)
OKLCHoklch(80.2% 0.157 161.6)
XYZxyz(34.2712, 55.3359, 41.2158)
Luminance0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DD9E #DD4281
analogous
#42DD51 #42DD9E #42CFDD
triadic
#42DD9E #9E42DD #DD9E42
tetradic
#42DD9E #5142DD #DD4281 #CFDD42
square
#42DD9E #5142DD #DD4281 #CFDD42
split-complementary
#42DD9E #DD42CF #DD5142
monochromatic
#198C5D #22BF80 #42DD9E #76E6B9 #AAF0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#42DD9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07
#42DD9E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD9E
12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DD9E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DD9E1.001.7412.0712.07
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0721.001.001.00
##00000012.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DACD9A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6BEA2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dd9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.157 161.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8ba',
    500: '#42dd9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dd9e;
$custom-light: #8ae8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dd9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.1573,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DD9E
secondary
#913259
accent
#3B83EC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

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#42DD9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva