#42DDA4#42DDA4

#42DDA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.152 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DDA4
RGBrgb(66, 221, 164)
HSLhsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 25.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.36, -53.32, 16.54)
CIE-LCHlch(79.36, 55.82, 162.76°)
OKLaboklab(80.34% -0.1465 0.0422)
OKLCHoklch(80.34% 0.152 163.9)
XYZxyz(34.8003, 55.5475, 44.0024)
Luminance0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DDA4 #DD427B
analogous
#42DD57 #42DDA4 #42C9DD
triadic
#42DDA4 #A442DD #DDA442
tetradic
#42DDA4 #5742DD #DD427B #C9DD42
square
#42DDA4 #5742DD #DD427B #C9DD42
split-complementary
#42DDA4 #DD42C9 #DD5742
monochromatic
#198C61 #22BF86 #42DDA4 #76E6BD #AAF0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#42DDA4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11
#42DDA4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA4
12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DDA4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DDA41.001.7312.1112.11
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1121.001.001.00
##00000012.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9CDA1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5BFA8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDCD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dda4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.152 163.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bf',
    500: '#42dda4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dda4;
$custom-light: #8ae8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dda4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80336,
    "c": 0.15246,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DDA4
secondary
#913255
accent
#3B7DEC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA4

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#42DDA4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva