#42DDAD#42DDAD

#42DDAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.146 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDAD
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 173)
HSL	hsl(161, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 21.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -51.28, 12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 52.68, 166.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.1423 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.146 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6420, 55.8842, 48.4354)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDAD #DD4272

analogous

#42DD60 #42DDAD #42C0DD

triadic

#42DDAD #AD42DD #DDAD42

tetradic

#42DDAD #6042DD #DD4272 #C0DD42

square

#42DDAD #6042DD #DD4272 #C0DD42

split-complementary

#42DDAD #DD42C0 #DD6042

monochromatic

#198C68 #22BF8F #42DDAD #76E6C4 #AAF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#42DDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDAD

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDAD	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.146 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c5',
    500: '#42ddad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddad;
$custom-light: #8ae8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80557,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDAD

secondary

#913250

accent

#3B72EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDAD

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

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