#42CD59#42CD59

#42CD59 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.197 H 146.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD59
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(130, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(130, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -60.61, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 76.35, 142.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1636 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.197 146)
XYZ	xyz(25.8795, 45.5394, 16.8754)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD59 #CD42B6

analogous

#70CD42 #42CD59 #42CD9E

triadic

#42CD59 #5942CD #CD5942

tetradic

#42CD59 #4270CD #CD42B6 #CD9E42

square

#42CD59 #4270CD #CD42B6 #CD9E42

split-complementary

#42CD59 #9E42CD #CD4270

monochromatic

#1F762D #2CA640 #42CD59 #72DA84 #A3E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#42CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD59

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD59	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CC8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.197 146.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dd8b',
    500: '#42cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd59;
$custom-light: #88dd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.928,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74912,
    "c": 0.19737,
    "h": 146
  },
  "luminance": 0.45542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD59

secondary

#D397C9

accent

#46C8E1

background

#F9FDF8

surface

#F1FBF0

border

#CBD4CB

text

#0D150C

muted

#7E837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD59

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

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