#42DDA8#42DDA8

#42DDA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.149 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDA8
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 24%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -52.43, 14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 54.41, 164.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.1446 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.149 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1672, 55.6943, 45.9349)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDA8 #DD4277

analogous

#42DD5B #42DDA8 #42C5DD

triadic

#42DDA8 #A842DD #DDA842

tetradic

#42DDA8 #5B42DD #DD4277 #C5DD42

square

#42DDA8 #5B42DD #DD4277 #C5DD42

split-complementary

#42DDA8 #DD42C5 #DD5B42

monochromatic

#198C64 #22BF8A #42DDA8 #76E6C0 #AAF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42DDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA8

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDA8	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CDA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.149 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c2',
    500: '#42dda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dda8;
$custom-light: #8ae8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.484,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80433,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDA8

secondary

#913253

accent

#3B78EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA8

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

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