#42DDAA#42DDAA

#42DDAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.148 H 166.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDAA
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 170)
HSL	hsl(160, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 23.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -51.97, 13.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 53.71, 165.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.1437 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.148 166.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3550, 55.7694, 46.9237)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDAA #DD4275

analogous

#42DD5D #42DDAA #42C3DD

triadic

#42DDAA #AA42DD #DDAA42

tetradic

#42DDAA #5D42DD #DD4275 #C3DD42

square

#42DDAA #5D42DD #DD4275 #C3DD42

split-complementary

#42DDAA #DD42C3 #DD5D42

monochromatic

#198C66 #22BF8C #42DDAA #76E6C1 #AAF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DDAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#42DDAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDAA

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#D8CEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.148 166.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c3',
    500: '#42ddaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddaa;
$custom-light: #8ae8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80482,
    "c": 0.14785,
    "h": 166.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDAA

secondary

#913251

accent

#3B76EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDAA

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

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