#42DDA0#42DDA0

#42DDA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.156 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDA0
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 160)
HSL	hsl(156, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 27.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -54.19, 18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 57.27, 161.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1483 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.156 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4448, 55.4053, 42.1299)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDA0 #DD427F

analogous

#42DD53 #42DDA0 #42CDDD

triadic

#42DDA0 #A042DD #DDA042

tetradic

#42DDA0 #5342DD #DD427F #CDDD42

square

#42DDA0 #5342DD #DD427F #CDDD42

split-complementary

#42DDA0 #DD42CD #DD5342

monochromatic

#198C5E #22BF82 #42DDA0 #76E6BA #AAF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DDA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#42DDA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA0

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDA0	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CD9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dda0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.156 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bc',
    500: '#42dda0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dda0;
$custom-light: #8ae8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dda0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80242,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDA0

secondary

#913257

accent

#3B81EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →