#42DDA6#42DDA6

#42DDA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.151 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDA6
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 166)
HSL	hsl(159, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 24.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -52.87, 15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 55.11, 163.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1456 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.151 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9823, 55.6203, 44.9611)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDA6 #DD4279

analogous

#42DD59 #42DDA6 #42C7DD

triadic

#42DDA6 #A642DD #DDA642

tetradic

#42DDA6 #5942DD #DD4279 #C7DD42

square

#42DDA6 #5942DD #DD4279 #C7DD42

split-complementary

#42DDA6 #DD42C7 #DD5942

monochromatic

#198C63 #22BF88 #42DDA6 #76E6BE #AAF0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DDA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#42DDA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA6

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDA6	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)

#D9CDA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BFAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dda6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.151 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c0',
    500: '#42dda6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dda6;
$custom-light: #8ae8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dda6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.71,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDA6

secondary

#913254

accent

#3B7AEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA6

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

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