#42CD45#42CD45

#42CD45 is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.212 H 143.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD45
RGBrgb(66, 205, 69)
HSLhsl(121, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(121, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.05, -62.86, 54.97)
CIE-LCHlch(73.05, 83.50, 138.83°)
OKLaboklab(74.69% -0.1705 0.1268)
OKLCHoklch(74.69% 0.213 143.4)
XYZxyz(25.1507, 45.2479, 13.0373)
Luminance0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD45 #CD42CA
analogous
#84CD42 #42CD45 #42CD8A
triadic
#42CD45 #4542CD #CD4542
tetradic
#42CD45 #4284CD #CD42CA #CD8A42
square
#42CD45 #4284CD #CD42CA #CD8A42
split-complementary
#42CD45 #8A42CD #CD4284
monochromatic
#1F7621 #2CA62F #42CD45 #72DA75 #A3E7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CD45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05
#42CD45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD45
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD45#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD451.002.0910.0510.05
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0521.001.001.00
##00000010.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C1AF51
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#1BC7B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.212 143.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd7f',
    500: '#42cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd45;
$custom-light: #88dd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 121.295,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74692,
    "c": 0.2125,
    "h": 143.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD45
secondary
#D397D2
accent
#46DEE1
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150A
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD45

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#42CD45 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva