#42DDA9#42DDA9

#42DDA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.149 H 166.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDA9
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 23.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.46, -52.20, 14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.46, 54.06, 164.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.1442 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.149 166)
XYZ	xyz(35.2607, 55.7317, 46.4274)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDA9 #DD4276

analogous

#42DD5C #42DDA9 #42C4DD

triadic

#42DDA9 #A942DD #DDA942

tetradic

#42DDA9 #5C42DD #DD4276 #C4DD42

square

#42DDA9 #5C42DD #DD4276 #C4DD42

split-complementary

#42DDA9 #DD42C4 #DD5C42

monochromatic

#198C65 #22BF8B #42DDA9 #76E6C1 #AAF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#42DDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDA9

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDA9	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.149 166.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c2',
    500: '#42dda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dda9;
$custom-light: #8ae8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.871,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 166
  },
  "luminance": 0.55736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDA9

secondary

#913252

accent

#3B77EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDA9

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

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