#42DDBC#42DDBC

#42DDBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.136 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDBC
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 188)
HSL	hsl(167, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -47.69, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 47.91, 174.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1355 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.136 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1758, 56.4977, 56.5131)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDBC #DD4263

analogous

#42DD6F #42DDBC #42B1DD

triadic

#42DDBC #BC42DD #DDBC42

tetradic

#42DDBC #6F42DD #DD4263 #B1DD42

square

#42DDBC #6F42DD #DD4263 #B1DD42

split-complementary

#42DDBC #DD42B1 #DD6F42

monochromatic

#198C73 #22BF9E #42DDBC #76E6CE #AAF0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#42DDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDBC

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDBC	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.136 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be8d0',
    500: '#42ddbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddbc;
$custom-light: #8be8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80958,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDBC

secondary

#913246

accent

#3B61EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDBC

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

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