#42CD40#42CD40

#42CD40 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.216 H 142.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD40
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(119, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(119, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -63.32, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 85.14, 138.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.172 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.216 142.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0020, 45.1884, 12.2541)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD40 #CB40CD

analogous

#88CD40 #42CD40 #40CD84

triadic

#42CD40 #4042CD #CD4042

tetradic

#42CD40 #4088CD #CB40CD #CD8440

square

#42CD40 #4088CD #CB40CD #CD8440

split-complementary

#42CD40 #8440CD #CD4088

monochromatic

#20741E #2DA52B #42CD40 #72DA71 #A2E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#42CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD40

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD40	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.216 142.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dd7c',
    500: '#42cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd40;
$custom-light: #89dd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 119.149,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74647,
    "c": 0.21583,
    "h": 142.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD40

secondary

#D296D3

accent

#46E2E0

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD40

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

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