#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
RGBrgb(66, 205, 89)
HSLhsl(130, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(130, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.25, -60.61, 46.44)
CIE-LCHlch(73.25, 76.35, 142.54°)
OKLaboklab(74.91% -0.1636 0.1104)
OKLCHoklch(74.91% 0.197 146)
XYZxyz(25.8795, 45.5394, 16.8754)
Luminance0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##42CD591.002.0810.1110.11
#FFFFFF2.081.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1121.001.001.00
##00000010.1121.001.001.00

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

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#42CD59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva