#42DDB0#42DDB0

#42DDB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.144 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDB0
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 176)
HSL	hsl(163, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 20.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -50.58, 10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 51.68, 168.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.141 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.144 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9356, 56.0016, 49.9814)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDB0 #DD426F

analogous

#42DD63 #42DDB0 #42BDDD

triadic

#42DDB0 #B042DD #DDB042

tetradic

#42DDB0 #6342DD #DD426F #BDDD42

square

#42DDB0 #6342DD #DD426F #BDDD42

split-complementary

#42DDB0 #DD42BD #DD6342

monochromatic

#198C6A #22BF92 #42DDB0 #76E6C6 #AAF0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DDB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#42DDB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDB0

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDB0	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CEAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BFB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.144 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c7',
    500: '#42ddb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddb0;
$custom-light: #8ae8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80634,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDB0

secondary

#91324E

accent

#3B6FEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDB0

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

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