#42DDA5#42DDA5

#42DDA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DDA5
RGBrgb(66, 221, 165)
HSLhsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 25.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.38, -53.10, 16.04)
CIE-LCHlch(79.38, 55.47, 163.19°)
OKLaboklab(80.36% -0.146 0.041)
OKLCHoklch(80.36% 0.152 164.3)
XYZxyz(34.8910, 55.5838, 44.4799)
Luminance0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DDA5 #DD427A
analogous
#42DD58 #42DDA5 #42C7DD
triadic
#42DDA5 #A542DD #DDA542
tetradic
#42DDA5 #5842DD #DD427A #C7DD42
square
#42DDA5 #5842DD #DD427A #C7DD42
split-complementary
#42DDA5 #DD42C7 #DD5842
monochromatic
#198C62 #22BF87 #42DDA5 #76E6BE #AAF0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73
#42DDA5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12
#42DDA5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA5
12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DDA5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DDA51.001.7312.1212.12
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1221.001.001.00
##00000012.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D9CDA2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5BFA9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 164.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bf',
    500: '#42dda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dda5;
$custom-light: #8ae8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.323,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8036,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DDA5
secondary
#913254
accent
#3B7BEC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA5

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#42DDA5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva