#42DDA2#42DDA2

#42DDA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.154 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDA2
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 162)
HSL	hsl(157, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 26.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -53.75, 17.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 56.54, 161.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.1474 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.154 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6211, 55.4758, 43.0587)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDA2 #DD427D

analogous

#42DD55 #42DDA2 #42CBDD

triadic

#42DDA2 #A242DD #DDA242

tetradic

#42DDA2 #5542DD #DD427D #CBDD42

square

#42DDA2 #5542DD #DD427D #CBDD42

split-complementary

#42DDA2 #DD42CB #DD5542

monochromatic

#198C60 #22BF84 #42DDA2 #76E6BC #AAF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DDA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#42DDA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA2

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDA2	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dda2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.154 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bd',
    500: '#42dda2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dda2;
$custom-light: #8ae8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dda2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80289,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDA2

secondary

#913256

accent

#3B7FEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA2

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

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