#42CD79#42CD79

#42CD79 is a light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.169 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD79
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(144, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(144, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -55.72, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 63.88, 150.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.1503 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.169 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5269, 46.1984, 25.5519)
Luminance	0.4620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD79 #CD4296

analogous

#50CD42 #42CD79 #42CDBE

triadic

#42CD79 #7942CD #CD7942

tetradic

#42CD79 #4250CD #CD4296 #CDBE42

square

#42CD79 #4250CD #CD4296 #CDBE42

split-complementary

#42CD79 #BE42CD #CD4250

monochromatic

#1F7641 #2CA65C #42CD79 #72DA9B #A3E7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#42CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD79

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD79	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB07F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.169 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dda0',
    500: '#42cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd79;
$custom-light: #87dda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.741,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75405,
    "c": 0.16914,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD79

secondary

#D397BC

accent

#46A4E1

background

#F8FDF9

surface

#F0FBF2

border

#CBD4CC

text

#0D150F

muted

#7D837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD79

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

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