#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
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 165)
HSL	hsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 25.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -53.10, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 55.47, 163.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.146 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.152 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8910, 55.5838, 44.4799)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DDA5	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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