#42DDA3#42DDA3

#42DDA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.153 H 163.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DDA3
RGBrgb(66, 221, 163)
HSLhsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 26.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.33, -53.54, 17.04)
CIE-LCHlch(79.33, 56.18, 162.35°)
OKLaboklab(80.31% -0.147 0.0435)
OKLCHoklch(80.31% 0.153 163.5)
XYZxyz(34.7104, 55.5115, 43.5287)
Luminance0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DDA3 #DD427C
analogous
#42DD56 #42DDA3 #42CADD
triadic
#42DDA3 #A342DD #DDA342
tetradic
#42DDA3 #5642DD #DD427C #CADD42
square
#42DDA3 #5642DD #DD427C #CADD42
split-complementary
#42DDA3 #DD42CA #DD5642
monochromatic
#198C61 #22BF85 #42DDA3 #76E6BC #AAF0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#42DDA3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10
#42DDA3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA3
12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DDA3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DDA31.001.7412.1012.10
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1021.001.001.00
##00000012.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9CDA0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5BFA7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dda3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.153 163.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8be',
    500: '#42dda3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dda3;
$custom-light: #8ae8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dda3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.548,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80312,
    "c": 0.15325,
    "h": 163.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DDA3
secondary
#913256
accent
#3B7EEC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA3

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#42DDA3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva