#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
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 158)
HSL	hsl(156, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 28.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -54.62, 19.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 58.00, 160.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.1493 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.157 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2712, 55.3359, 41.2158)
Luminance	0.5534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DD9E	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD9E

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

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