#42DDBA#42DDBA

#42DDBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.137 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDBA
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 186)
HSL	hsl(166, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 15.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -48.18, 5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 48.50, 173.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.1364 0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.137 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9617, 56.4120, 55.3855)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDBA #DD4265

analogous

#42DD6D #42DDBA #42B2DD

triadic

#42DDBA #BA42DD #DDBA42

tetradic

#42DDBA #6D42DD #DD4265 #B2DD42

square

#42DDBA #6D42DD #DD4265 #B2DD42

split-complementary

#42DDBA #DD42B2 #DD6D42

monochromatic

#198C72 #22BF9C #42DDBA #76E6CD #AAF0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#42DDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDBA

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDBA	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CFB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.137 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be8ce',
    500: '#42ddba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddba;
$custom-light: #8be8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.452,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80902,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDBA

secondary

#913248

accent

#3B63EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDBA

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

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