#42DDA1#42DDA1

#42DDA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.155 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDA1
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 161)
HSL	hsl(157, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 27.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -53.97, 18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 56.90, 161.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.1479 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.155 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5326, 55.4404, 42.5924)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDA1 #DD427E

analogous

#42DD54 #42DDA1 #42CCDD

triadic

#42DDA1 #A142DD #DDA142

tetradic

#42DDA1 #5442DD #DD427E #CCDD42

square

#42DDA1 #5442DD #DD427E #CCDD42

split-complementary

#42DDA1 #DD42CC #DD5442

monochromatic

#198C5F #22BF83 #42DDA1 #76E6BB #AAF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DDA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#42DDA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA1

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDA1	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CD9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dda1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.155 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bd',
    500: '#42dda1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dda1;
$custom-light: #8ae8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dda1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80265,
    "c": 0.15485,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDA1

secondary

#913257

accent

#3B80EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA1

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

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