#42CD42#42CD42

#42CD42 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.215 H 143.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD42
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(120, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(120, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -63.14, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 84.49, 138.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.1714 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.215 143.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0600, 45.2116, 12.5592)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD42 #CD42CD

analogous

#87CD42 #42CD42 #42CD87

triadic

#42CD42 #4242CD #CD4242

tetradic

#42CD42 #4287CD #CD42CD #CD8742

square

#42CD42 #4287CD #CD42CD #CD8742

split-complementary

#42CD42 #8742CD #CD4287

monochromatic

#1F761F #2CA62C #42CD42 #72DA72 #A3E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#42CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#42CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD42

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD42	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)

#D1BA2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CC7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.215 143.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dd7d',
    500: '#42cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd42;
$custom-light: #89dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74665,
    "c": 0.21452,
    "h": 143.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD42

secondary

#D397D3

accent

#46E1E1

background

#F9FDF7

surface

#F1FBEE

border

#CBD4C9

text

#0D150A

muted

#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD42

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

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