#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
RGBrgb(66, 221, 168)
HSLhsl(159, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(159, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 24%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.44, -52.43, 14.55)
CIE-LCHlch(79.44, 54.41, 164.49°)
OKLaboklab(80.43% -0.1446 0.0372)
OKLCHoklch(80.43% 0.149 165.6)
XYZxyz(35.1672, 55.6943, 45.9349)
Luminance0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42DDA81.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

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

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#42DDA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva