#42DDAE#42DDAE

#42DDAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.145 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDAE
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 21.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -51.05, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 52.35, 167.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1419 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.145 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7391, 55.9230, 48.9469)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDAE #DD4271

analogous

#42DD61 #42DDAE #42BFDD

triadic

#42DDAE #AE42DD #DDAE42

tetradic

#42DDAE #6142DD #DD4271 #BFDD42

square

#42DDAE #6142DD #DD4271 #BFDD42

split-complementary

#42DDAE #DD42BF #DD6142

monochromatic

#198C69 #22BF90 #42DDAE #76E6C4 #AAF0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DDAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42DDAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDAE

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDAE	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.145 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c6',
    500: '#42ddae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddae;
$custom-light: #8ae8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80583,
    "c": 0.14494,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDAE

secondary

#91324F

accent

#3B71EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDAE

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

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