#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
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 177)
HSL	hsl(163, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 19.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -50.35, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 51.35, 168.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1405 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.143 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0349, 56.0413, 50.5044)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DDB1	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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