#42DDBD#42DDBD

#42DDBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.135 H 175.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDBD
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 14.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -47.44, 4.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 47.62, 175.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.135 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.135 175.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2839, 56.5409, 57.0828)
Luminance	0.5655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDBD #DD4262

analogous

#42DD70 #42DDBD #42B0DD

triadic

#42DDBD #BD42DD #DDBD42

tetradic

#42DDBD #7042DD #DD4262 #B0DD42

square

#42DDBD #7042DD #DD4262 #B0DD42

split-complementary

#42DDBD #DD42B0 #DD7042

monochromatic

#198C74 #22BF9F #42DDBD #76E6CF #AAF0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DDBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#42DDBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDBD

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDBD	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CFBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.135 175.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80986,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 175.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDBD

secondary

#913246

accent

#3B60EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDBD

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

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