#42CD44#42CD44

#42CD44 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.213 H 143.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD44
RGBrgb(66, 205, 68)
HSLhsl(121, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(121, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.05, -62.95, 55.36)
CIE-LCHlch(73.05, 83.83, 138.67°)
OKLaboklab(74.68% -0.1708 0.1275)
OKLCHoklch(74.68% 0.213 143.3)
XYZxyz(25.1200, 45.2356, 12.8752)
Luminance0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD44 #CD42CB
analogous
#86CD42 #42CD44 #42CD89
triadic
#42CD44 #4442CD #CD4442
tetradic
#42CD44 #4286CD #CD42CB #CD8942
square
#42CD44 #4286CD #CD42CB #CD8942
split-complementary
#42CD44 #8942CD #CD4286
monochromatic
#1F7620 #2CA62E #42CD44 #72DA74 #A3E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CD44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05
#42CD44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD44
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD44#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD441.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA31
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AF51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BC7B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.213 143.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd7e',
    500: '#42cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd44;
$custom-light: #88dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120.863,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74683,
    "c": 0.21318,
    "h": 143.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD44
secondary
#D397D3
accent
#46DFE1
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150A
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD44

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#42CD44 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva