#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
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 164)
HSL	hsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 25.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -53.32, 16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 55.82, 162.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.1465 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.152 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8003, 55.5475, 44.0024)
Luminance	0.5555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DDA4	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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