#42CD4B#42CD4B

#42CD4B is a light, highly saturated green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.208 H 144.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD4B
RGBrgb(66, 205, 75)
HSLhsl(124, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(124, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.11, -62.25, 52.52)
CIE-LCHlch(73.11, 81.44, 139.84°)
OKLaboklab(74.75% -0.1686 0.1223)
OKLCHoklch(74.75% 0.208 144.1)
XYZxyz(25.3465, 45.3262, 14.0683)
Luminance0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD4B #CD42C4
analogous
#7ECD42 #42CD4B #42CD90
triadic
#42CD4B #4B42CD #CD4B42
tetradic
#42CD4B #427ECD #CD42C4 #CD9042
square
#42CD4B #427ECD #CD42C4 #CD9042
split-complementary
#42CD4B #9042CD #CD427E
monochromatic
#1F7625 #2CA634 #42CD4B #72DA79 #A3E7A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09
#42CD4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07
#42CD4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD4B
10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD4B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD4B1.002.0910.0710.07
#FFFFFF2.091.0021.0021.00
#00000010.0721.001.001.00
##00000010.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0AF56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#18C8B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.208 144.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd82',
    500: '#42cd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd4b;
$custom-light: #88dd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 123.885,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.20826,
    "h": 144.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD4B
secondary
#D397CF
accent
#46D7E1
background
#F9FDF8
surface
#F1FBEF
border
#CBD4CA
text
#0D150B
muted
#7E837C

Preview Lab

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#42CD4B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva