#42DD9F#42DD9F

#42DD9F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.156 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DD9F
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 159)
HSL	hsl(156, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 28.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -54.40, 19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 57.63, 160.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1488 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.156 162)
XYZ	xyz(34.3576, 55.3704, 41.6710)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DD9F #DD4280

analogous

#42DD52 #42DD9F #42CEDD

triadic

#42DD9F #9F42DD #DD9F42

tetradic

#42DD9F #5242DD #DD4280 #CEDD42

square

#42DD9F #5242DD #DD4280 #CEDD42

split-complementary

#42DD9F #DD42CE #DD5242

monochromatic

#198C5E #22BF81 #42DD9F #76E6B9 #AAF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DD9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#42DD9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DD9F

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DD9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DD9F	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)

#DACD9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BFA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dd9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.156 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bb',
    500: '#42dd9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dd9f;
$custom-light: #8ae8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dd9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80219,
    "c": 0.15648,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.55374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DD9F

secondary

#913258

accent

#3B82EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DD9F

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

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