#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
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(121, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(121, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -62.95, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 83.83, 138.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.68% -0.1708 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.68% 0.213 143.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1200, 45.2356, 12.8752)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##42CD44	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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