#42DDAB#42DDAB

#42DDAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.147 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDAB
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 22.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -51.74, 13.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 53.37, 165.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.1433 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.147 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4499, 55.8074, 47.4238)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDAB #DD4274

analogous

#42DD5E #42DDAB #42C2DD

triadic

#42DDAB #AB42DD #DDAB42

tetradic

#42DDAB #5E42DD #DD4274 #C2DD42

square

#42DDAB #5E42DD #DD4274 #C2DD42

split-complementary

#42DDAB #DD42C2 #DD5E42

monochromatic

#198C67 #22BF8D #42DDAB #76E6C2 #AAF0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DDAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#42DDAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDAB

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDAB	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BFAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.147 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c4',
    500: '#42ddab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddab;
$custom-light: #8ae8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.645,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80507,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDAB

secondary

#913251

accent

#3B75EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDAB

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

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