#42DDB1#42DDB1

#42DDB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.143 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DDB1
RGBrgb(66, 221, 177)
HSLhsl(163, 70%, 56%)
HSVhsv(163, 70%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(70.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(79.64, -50.35, 10.07)
CIE-LCHlch(79.64, 51.35, 168.69°)
OKLaboklab(80.66% -0.1405 0.0257)
OKLCHoklch(80.66% 0.143 169.6)
XYZxyz(36.0349, 56.0413, 50.5044)
Luminance0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DDB1 #DD426E
analogous
#42DD64 #42DDB1 #42BCDD
triadic
#42DDB1 #B142DD #DDB142
tetradic
#42DDB1 #6442DD #DD426E #BCDD42
square
#42DDB1 #6442DD #DD426E #BCDD42
split-complementary
#42DDB1 #DD42BC #DD6442
monochromatic
#198C6B #22BF93 #42DDB1 #76E6C6 #AAF0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72
#42DDB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21
#42DDB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDB1
12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DDB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DDB11.001.7212.2112.21
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2121.001.001.00
##00000012.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7CEAF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2BFB4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DED0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ddb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.143 169.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c8',
    500: '#42ddb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ddb1;
$custom-light: #8ae8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ddb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.968,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8066,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DDB1
secondary
#91324D
accent
#3B6EEC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDB1

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#42DDB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva