#42DDB2#42DDB2

#42DDB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.142 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDB2
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 178)
HSL	hsl(163, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 19.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -50.11, 9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 51.02, 169.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.1401 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.142 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1349, 56.0813, 51.0312)
Luminance	0.5609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDB2 #DD426D

analogous

#42DD65 #42DDB2 #42BBDD

triadic

#42DDB2 #B242DD #DDB242

tetradic

#42DDB2 #6542DD #DD426D #BBDD42

square

#42DDB2 #6542DD #DD426D #BBDD42

split-complementary

#42DDB2 #DD42BB #DD6542

monochromatic

#198C6C #22BF94 #42DDB2 #76E6C7 #AAF0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DDB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#42DDB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDB2

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDB2	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CEB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BFB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.142 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c9',
    500: '#42ddb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddb2;
$custom-light: #8ae8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.355,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80686,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDB2

secondary

#91324C

accent

#3B6DEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDB2

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

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