#42CD4A#42CD4A

#42CD4A is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.209 H 143.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD4A
RGBrgb(66, 205, 74)
HSLhsl(123, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(123, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.10, -62.35, 52.94)
CIE-LCHlch(73.10, 81.79, 139.67°)
OKLaboklab(74.74% -0.1689 0.123)
OKLCHoklch(74.74% 0.209 143.9)
XYZxyz(25.3125, 45.3126, 13.8895)
Luminance0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD4A #CD42C5
analogous
#7FCD42 #42CD4A #42CD8F
triadic
#42CD4A #4A42CD #CD4A42
tetradic
#42CD4A #427FCD #CD42C5 #CD8F42
square
#42CD4A #427FCD #CD42C5 #CD8F42
split-complementary
#42CD4A #8F42CD #CD427F
monochromatic
#1F7624 #2CA633 #42CD4A #72DA78 #A3E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CD4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06
#42CD4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD4A
10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD4A1.002.0910.0610.06
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0621.001.001.00
##00000010.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AF55
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#18C7B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.209 143.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd82',
    500: '#42cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd4a;
$custom-light: #88dd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.453,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74741,
    "c": 0.20899,
    "h": 143.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD4A
secondary
#D397D0
accent
#46D8E1
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD4A

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#42CD4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva