#42DDBB#42DDBB

#42DDBB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.137 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDBB
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 187)
HSL	hsl(167, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 15.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -47.93, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 48.21, 173.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.1359 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.137 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0683, 56.4547, 55.9473)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDBB #DD4264

analogous

#42DD6E #42DDBB #42B2DD

triadic

#42DDBB #BB42DD #DDBB42

tetradic

#42DDBB #6E42DD #DD4264 #B2DD42

square

#42DDBB #6E42DD #DD4264 #B2DD42

split-complementary

#42DDBB #DD42B2 #DD6E42

monochromatic

#198C72 #22BF9D #42DDBB #76E6CE #AAF0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DDBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#42DDBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDBB

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDBB	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CFB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.137 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be8cf',
    500: '#42ddbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddbb;
$custom-light: #8be8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8093,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDBB

secondary

#913247

accent

#3B62EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDBB

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

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