#42CD6C#42CD6C

#42CD6C is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.181 H 149.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CD6C
RGBrgb(66, 205, 108)
HSLhsl(138, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(138, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(67.8%, 0%, 47.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(73.48, -57.89, 37.58)
CIE-LCHlch(73.48, 69.02, 147.01°)
OKLaboklab(75.18% -0.156 0.0917)
OKLCHoklch(75.18% 0.181 149.5)
XYZxyz(26.7828, 45.9007, 21.6327)
Luminance0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygreen

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CD6C #CD42A3
analogous
#5ECD42 #42CD6C #42CDB1
triadic
#42CD6C #6C42CD #CD6C42
tetradic
#42CD6C #425ECD #CD42A3 #CDB142
square
#42CD6C #425ECD #CD42A3 #CDB142
split-complementary
#42CD6C #B142CD #CD425E
monochromatic
#1F7639 #2CA651 #42CD6C #72DA92 #A3E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06
#42CD6C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18
#42CD6C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD6C
10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CD6C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CD6C1.002.0610.1810.18
#FFFFFF2.061.0021.0021.00
#00000010.1821.001.001.00
##00000010.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEBC64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDB073
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C9B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cd6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.181 149.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dd97',
    500: '#42cd6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cd6c;
$custom-light: #87dd97;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cd6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.129,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75183,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 149.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CD6C
secondary
#D397C1
accent
#46B3E1
background
#F8FDF9
surface
#F0FBF2
border
#CBD4CC
text
#0D150E
muted
#7D837E

Preview Lab

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#42CD6C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva