#42CD3E#42CD3E

#42CD3E is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.217 H 142.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD3E
RGBrgb(66, 205, 62)
HSLhsl(118, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(118, 70%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.00, -63.50, 57.67)
CIE-LCHlch(73.00, 85.78, 137.75°)
OKLaboklab(74.63% -0.1726 0.1317)
OKLCHoklch(74.63% 0.217 142.7)
XYZxyz(24.9461, 45.1661, 11.9597)
Luminance0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD3E #C93ECD
analogous
#89CD3E #42CD3E #3ECD82
triadic
#42CD3E #3E42CD #CD3E42
tetradic
#42CD3E #3E89CD #C93ECD #CD823E
square
#42CD3E #3E89CD #C93ECD #CD823E
split-complementary
#42CD3E #823ECD #CD3E89
monochromatic
#20731E #2EA32A #42CD3E #72DA6F #A1E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CD3E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03
#42CD3E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD3E
10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD3E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD3E1.002.0910.0310.03
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0321.001.001.00
##00000010.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA28
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AF4C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1EC7B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.217 142.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dd7b',
    500: '#42cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd3e;
$custom-light: #89dd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 118.322,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74631,
    "c": 0.2171,
    "h": 142.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD3E
secondary
#D194D3
accent
#46E2DE
background
#F9FDF7
surface
#F1FBEE
border
#CBD4C9
text
#0D150A
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42CD3E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva